Adolf Jarisch

Adolf Jarisch (February 15, 1850 – March 21, 1902) was an dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who specialized in the care of venereal disease. The Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction, an inflammatory response that he noted following treatment for syphilis, is partially named after him. Jarisch was the father of a noted pharmacologist, Adolf Jarisch Jr.

Career Born in Vienna, Jarisch studied medicine there and afterwards worked in the dermatology clinic of Ferdinand von Hebra. In 1888 he became an associate professor of dermatology and syphilology at the University of Innsbruck, and in 1892 succeeded Eduard Lipp as chair of the dermatology clinic at the University of Graz. In 1901 he attained a full professorship at Graz.