Walter Burckhardt was a Swiss dermatologist most notable for his contributions on occupational dermatoses.

During the 1930s, Burckhardt took over from Max Tièche the management of the City Department for Skin and Venereal Diseases in Zurich; he became Privatdozent in 1938 and Titularprofessor in 1947 at the University of Zurich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

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Publications

• Peter J. Lynch, Stephan Epstein (editors). Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1977, ISBN 0-683-01134-0

Further reading

• Barbara Wicki-Bühler: Leben und Werk des Dermatologen Walter Burckhardt 1905–1971. Medical Dissertation. University of Zurich
  University of Zurich
  The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....
  
  , Zürich 1995.