German physician; born at Berlin June 16, 1820. After taking the degree of M.D. there (1843), he began to practise as a specialist in diseases of children. Until 1850 he was assistant at the children's dispensary of the university. In that year he became privat-docent; in 1858, assistant professor. In 1872 Henoch became director of the hospital and dispensary of the department of pediatrics at the Charit�. In 1893 he resigned that position, received the title of "Medicinalrath," and lived in retirement at Meran until 1898, when he removed to Dresden. Among his works may be mentioned: "Klinik der Unterleibskrankheiten," 3 vols., Berlin, 1852-58, 3d ed. 1863; "Beitr�ge zur Kinderheilkunde," two parts, ib. 1861-68; "Vorlesungen �ber Kinderkrankheiten," ib. 1881, 10th ed. 1899.
Henoch translated from the English of Budd "Die Krankheiten der Leber," Berlin, 1846, and edited Canstatt's "Handbuch der Medizinischen Klinik," Erlangen, 1854-56, and West's "Pathologie und Therapie der Kinderkrankheiten," 4th ed., Berlin, 1865.