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Ernst Anton Franz Finger (July 8, 1856 - April 17, 1939) was an Austrian dermatologist born in Prague. He was a leading authority regarding venereal disease.

In 1878 he obtained his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and later was an assistant to Hermann Edler von Zeissl (1817-1884) and Isidor Neumann (1832-1906) at the Vienna clinic of skin diseases and syphilis. In 1894 he became a professor at the University of Vienna, where from 1904 to 1927 was director of the second department of dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases.

He was the author of the highly regarded Die Blennorrhoe der Sexualorgane und ihre Complicationen (Blennorrhea of the Sexual Organs and associated Complications), which was published in several editions, and also ''Die Vererbung der Syphilis, a book which was an edition of Jean Alfred Fournier's work on congenital syphilis. Other noted works by Dr. Finger include.

• Die Syphilis und die venerischen Krankheiten (Syphilis and Venereal Diseases), (3 editions 1886-1896)
• Die Pathologie und Therapie der Sterilität beim Manne (The Pathology and Treatment of Sterility in Men) (1898)

From 1906 to 1919 he was president of the Wiener Ärztekammer (Vienna Medical Association).

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• Zeno.org translated biography @ Pagel: Biographical Dictionary
• [1] Short Biography and Photo @ AEIOU Encyclopedia