Rosenbach disease

Rosenbach disease

(1) Erysipeloid, see there; described by Anton Julius Friedrich Rosenbach (1842–1923), a German physician.
(2) Heberden's nodes; described by Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), a German physician.

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Rosenbach,

Ottomar, German physician, 1851-1907.

Rosenbach disease - Synonym(s): (1) Heberden nodes; - (2) exostoses on the terminal phalanges of the fingers in osteoarthritis; a specific, usually self-limiting, cellulitis of the hand caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Synonym(s): erysipeloid

Rosenbach law - (1) in affections of the nerve trunks or nerve centers, paralysis of the flexor muscles appears later than that of the extensors; (2) in case of abnormal stimulation of organs with rhythmical functional periodicity.

Rosenbach sign - loss of the abdominal reflex in cases of acute inflammation of the viscera.

Rosenbach test - for bile in the urine.

Rosenbach-Gmelin test - Synonym(s): Gmelin test

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