Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Om spedalskhed. Udgivet efter Foranstaltning af den Kongelige Norske Regjerings Department for det Indre. 1 vol. and atlas.
Bergen, Norway: trykt hos C. Grondahl, 1847.
First modern description of leprosy (“Danielssen-Boeck disease’’). Danielssen, physician to the leprosy hospital at Bergen, was the founder of scientific leprology. The extremely rare Atlas consists of 24 plates and two pages of text. French translation, Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1848; the atlas was also reproduced in French, Rio de Janeiro, in 1946.
Subjects
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #2434 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2894 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | om-spedalskhed-udgivet-efter-foranstaltning-af-den-kongelige-norske-regjerings-department-for-det-indre-1-vol-and-atlas |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Bergen, Norway
Mentioned in annotation: Rio de Janeiro; Paris