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Dermatological History Symposium
Hosted by the Danish Dermatological Society
EADV Copenhagen 2015, October 10
‘Towards the light’ Commemorating
Niels Finsen
Medical Museion The museum is placed in the former Royal Academy of Surgeons from 1787
www.museion.ku.dk Medical Museion is situated in the Copenhagen inner city area and easy to reach
Bus 1A (direction Østerbro) stops right outside Medical Museion’s main entrance. Plan your journey with www.rejseplanen.dk
R.Tegner/2009
Niels Ryberg Finsen was born on December 15, 1860 and died on September 24, 1904.
The Finsen Institute, phototherapy
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1903 was awarded to Niels Ryberg Finsen "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris,
with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science".
The Finsen moulages were casted from 1900 to 1930. The above moulages of lupus vulgaris, before and after restoring,
shows the devastating facial changes together with the fragility of the wax material.
Symposium
October 10, 2015
Medical Museion, Bredgade 62, DK-‐1260 Copenhagen
10:00-‐10:05 Welcome
(Dr. Eva Benfeldt, Ph.d.) Chairman of the Danish Dermatological Society
10:05-‐10:10 Introduction to Museion
(Dr. Anne-‐Marie Worm, DMSc)
10:10-‐10:35 Niels Finsen ‘On the effects of light on the skin’ (Professor Hans Christian Wulf, DMSc)
10:35-‐10:45 The disfiguring disease lupus vulgaris
– depicted by moulages (Dr. Anne-‐Marie Worm, DMSc)
10:45-‐11:00 How was lupus vulgaris cured (Professor. Hans Christian Wulf, DMSc)
11:00-‐11:10 Light treatment in the modern age (Dr. Stine Wiegell, DMSc)
11:15-‐12:15 Guided tour at Museion including the Finsen moulages
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Niels Finsen was awarded the first and only Nobel Prize in Dermatology in 1903
Organizing committee:
Dr. Anne-‐Marie Worm, DMSc. Dr. Anne Lerbæk Jørkov, PhD.