[Caesar Boeck and Boeck's sarcoid]

Abstract

Caesar Boeck (1845-1917) and his uncle Carl Wilhelm Boeck (1808-1875) established dermatovenerology in the 19th century in Norway. Caesar Boeck began his academic career in the skin department at Rikshospitalet in Oslo in 1875 where the was appointed chief in 1889 and professor in 1895. He retired in 1915. Caesar Boeck was a great clinical capacity, a gifted teacher and a prolific writer. His most important scientific work is the identification of the disease named after him as Sarcoidosis Boeck.