Joseph von Lindwurm

Joseph von Lindwurm (9 April 1824 – 21 February 1874),[1] was a German physician and dermatologist born in Aschaffenburg.

He studied medicine in Würzburg and Heidelberg, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1849.

Afterwards, he worked as an assistant in the medical clinic at Würzburg, then furthered his education in Vienna and Paris.

In 1863 he was appointed a full professor of dermatology and venereal diseases in Munich, later becoming director of the second medical clinic at the general hospital (1869).

Among his written works was a translation of William Stokes' "The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta" into German (Handbuch der Krankheiten des Herzens und der Aorta).