Edward Lang was born in Klacsan, Hungary, (now Jesenove in Slovakia). From 1886 Lang was professor of dermatology and venereology at the University of Vienna. In 1898 he established healing stations of lupus. He wrote about the operative and physical treatment of lupus and about skin cancer and its relationship to lupus and to psoriasis. He also wrote about syphylitic diseases of the central nerve system, and published a textbook of venereal diseases. Professor Lang was the first to introduce oleum cinereum into therapy.