Review article

Academician Franjo Kogoj and Allergology in Croatia

Jasna Lipozenčić ; University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center and School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Albin Brnobić

Abstract

Franjo Kogoj was regular member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (1947), first secretary and Vice-President elect for several terms of office of the Medical Science Section of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (1958-1973), long-standing head of University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, and head of Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University School of Medicine. Numerous papers by academician Kogoj address allergic events in the body and their role in the disease course and morphology, prognosis, prophylaxis and management. He wrote about experimental studies of allergic reactions in eczema and pruridermatitis, a term he introduced in dermatologic terminology to replace the terms neurodermatitis, endogenous eczema, prurigo-asthma and Besnier’s prurigo. He tackled the issues of allergy in many papers, always bringing something new in the field. The concepts elaborated in his paper entitled “Ein Vierteljahrhundert Vasculitis”, presented at the Deutsch-japanischer Angiologien Kongress held in Essen in 1973, were received with high interest. In 1965, the Center of Allergology of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts on the island of Hvar was established on his initiative, first at premises adapted for this purpose, then moved to a modern building consisting of inpatient and outpatient departments, diagnostic laboratories of biochemistry, pulmonary function testing, electrocardiography, radiology, physiotherapy, and library in 1973. F. Kogoj and A. Brnobić were founders of the Section of Allergology of the Croatian Medical Association (1952), as an attempt at unifying the work of medical professions dealing with allergic diseases. Kogoj published about 230 scientific and professional papers, 70 of them addressing allergology and immunobiology issues; 5 books; several monographs; and valuable contributions in a number of handbooks and textbooks.

Keywords

Academician Franjo Kogoj and allergology; Pruridermatitis allergica chro-nica constitutionalis; Secretary of Medical Science Section of Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts

Hrčak ID:

22476

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22476

Publication date:

21.4.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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