Background
Heinrich was a son of Jewish surgeon Moritz (1803, Nikolsburg – 1880).
dermatologist university professor
Heinrich was a son of Jewish surgeon Moritz (1803, Nikolsburg – 1880).
He was part of the so-called Vienna School of Dermatology, and studied and worked with several eminent physicians of the time. Ernst Wilhelm (Ritter von) Brücke (1819, Berlin – 1892), Karel (Carl) Freiherr von Rokytanský (1804, Bohemia – 1878), Josef Škoda (1805, Bohemia –1881), Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808, Bohemia – 1871), and Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816, Moravia –1880).
He was the husband of pianist Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878). Trained at the University of Vienna, he specialized in dermatology and syphilis. In 1863 he became a privat-docent of dermatology and syphilis, and during the following year began work in the histological institute of Carl Wedl.
In 1872 he was named director of the general policlinic, and from 1875 onward, was an associate professor at the university.
A pioneer in tissue pathology, he described the pinpoint bleeding on removal of a psoriasis scale that bears his name: "Auspitz"s sign". In 1885 he published an article involving Mycosis fungoides titled "Ein Fall von Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides Alibert)".
Together with Philipp Josef Pick (1834-1910), he founded first German-language magazine for dermatology, the "Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis" (1869). In May 1886 he died from a heart condition, and was interred in the Wiener Zentralfriedhof.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]
He was a member of the famous Moravian-Austrian Auspitz Family. In 1882 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.