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A PATRIARCH IN AMERICAN DERMATOLOGY

PAUL E. BECHET, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(6):1217-1221.

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Great geniuses in any branch of human endeavor have the peculiar gift of frequently attracting and engaging in their service men of great intellectuality, excessive modesty, unbounded loyalty and indefatigable energy. That master dermatologist Louis A. Duhring was no exception to this rule, for in his choice of a close associate for many years he enlisted the subject of this sketch, who answered these requirements to their fullest extent. Van Harlingen was in a way the victim of his own qualities. His devotion to Duhring must have hindered his own interests to a considerable extent, and his innate modesty and reserve caused many who did not know him well to ascribe his aloofness to taciturnity and pride rather than to self-effacement. This tendency even at times prevented any extended airing of his views at dermatologic meetings. He was careful to be positive of the accuracy of his opinion before expressing . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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