1849-1930 · Surgeon

Ludwig Rehn

Surgeon. A 2012 historical review states that in 1895 he described three cases of occupational bladder tumour among at most 45 fuchsine workers in Frankfurt. The Garrison-Morton bibliography lists his 1895 paper in Archiv für klinische Chirurgie, Blasengeschwülste bei Fuchsin-Arbeitern. This account does not draw on the paper itself.

Milestones

1895 Bladder tumours among fuchsine workers: Rehn, 1895

Sources

Dietrich HG, Golka K. Bladder tumors and aromatic amines - historical milestones from Ludwig Rehn to Wilhelm Hueper. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2012;4(1):279-88.
PubMed DOI
Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine (historyofmedicine.com). Entry for Ludwig Rehn, Blasengeschwülste bei Fuchsin-Arbeitern, Archiv für klinische Chirurgie 50:588-600, 1895 (entry 2128.1). Page last updated 14 July 2026.
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