Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor (27 August 1810 – 1 February 1883) was an Austrian
syphilologist born in
Schässburg (Sighişoara),
Transylvania.
He studied medicine and surgery at Josephs-Akademie in
Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1837 at the
University of Pest. In 1842 he became the senior surgical doctor at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, and during the following year received his habilitation. In 1849 he became a full professor at the
University of Vienna and director of the
syphilology clinic. He died on 1 February 1883 on a journey to
Padua.
In addition to his written works on
syphilis and its treatment, he published a number of works in the field of
balneology. His name is associated with "Sigmund's glands", also known as
epitrochlearlymph nodes.
Gleichenberg, seine Mineralquellen und der Kurort: Aerztliche Mittheilungen, 1840 –
Gleichenberg, its mineral springs and the spa.
Die Einreibungscur mit grauer Quecksilbersalbe bei Syphilisformen, 1866 – Treatment with gray mercurial ointment for syphilitic formations.
Syphilis und venerische Geschwürsformen, 1870 – Syphilis and venereal ulcer formations.
Die Wiener Klinik für Syphilis. Ein Rückblick auf ihr 25 jähriges Bestehen, 1878 – The Vienna clinic for syphilis. A look back at their 25th anniversary.
Vorlesungen über neuere Behandlungsweisen der Syphilis, 1880 – Lectures on newer methods of treatment for syphilis.[1]