Philipp Josef Pick

Philipp Josef Pick (14 October 1834, Neustadt an der Mettau - 3 June 1910, Prague) was a dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

He obtained his doctorate in 1860 and served as an assistant to Joseph Škoda, Carl Ludwig Sigmund and Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra in Vienna.

[2] He was the first to describe the bacterial infection Trichomycosis palmellina,[1] and independent of Heinrich Köbner (and shortly afterwards), he discovered Trichophyton tonsurans in eczema marginatum.

[2] He also made contributions in his research of molluscum contagiosum, melanosis lenticularis progressiva, urticaria pigmentosa, erythromelia and acne frontalis.

[1] With German dermatologist Karl Herxheimer, the eponymous "Pick-Herxheimer disease" is named, a disorder also known as acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans.