Albert Veiel


Albert Friedrich Veiel was a German dermatologist who was a native of Ludwigsburg.
He studied at the Universities of Tübingen and Paris, and in 1829 earned his medical doctorate. In 1837 at Cannstatt, he founded the first in-patient dermatological clinic in Germany. The clinic was called the Heilanstalt für Flechtenkranke, and with orthopedist Jakob Heine and others, Veiel was a catalyst in making Cannstatt an important center for medical treatment. The clinic attracted numerous celebrities and members of European aristocracy.

Selected publications

Grundzüge der Behandlung der Flechten in der Heilanstalt in Cannstatt,, ; Stuttgart. Die Mineralquellen in Cannstatt,, ; Stuttgart. Mittheilungen über die Behandlung der chronischen Hautkrankheiten in der Heilanstalt für Flechtenkranke in Cannstatt,, ; Stuttgart.Der Kurort Cannstatt und seine Mineralquellen,.