Robert Remak was the first scientist to undertake successful research on fungal skin
infections. A neurologist, physiologist, and embryologist, Remak was the first to observe the
fungal changes causing the disease of favus; however, he gave credit for the discovery to
Professor Johann Schönlein and denied all attempts by others to credit him with the
discovery by calling them a mistake. He named the disease Achorion schönleinii; however,
over time, the name was changed to Trichophyton schoenleinii. Remak also described axial …