Carl Sternberg
Carl Sternberg (born November 20, 1872 in Vienna , † August 15, 1935 in Carinthia ), son of David and Jeanette Sternberg (née Strisower), was an Austrian pathologist . The Sternberg-Reed cell or Reed-Sternberg cell is named after him and the American pediatrician Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall .
Carl Sternberg studied medicine at the University of Vienna , where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1896. Already during his studies he was scientifically active at the General Hospital of the City of Vienna and the Rudolfstiftung Hospital . In 1898 he became an adjunct to the pathologist Richard Paltauf .
Also in 1898, Sternberg described the clinical picture of lymph granulomatosis .
After completing his habilitation in pathological anatomy at the University of Vienna in 1902, he went to Brno in 1906 , where he was a prosector in the Brno Regional Hospital in Moravia until 1920 . He spent the First World War as a doctor with the fighting troops and became one of the most highly decorated military doctors in Austria-Hungary .
In 1920 he returned to Vienna and took over the prosecution of the Archduke Rainer Hospital and the Wiedner Hospital as well as the management of the pathological-anatomical institute at the Vienna General Polyclinic. He was also the first secretary of the Society of Doctors in Vienna .
In addition to hematology and infectious diseases, he was also active in cancer research. In 1925 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Carl Sternberg, who died in Carinthia on August 15, 1935, was buried on October 31 of the same year in the urn grove of the Simmering fire hall in Vienna. The right to use the grave is for the duration of the cemetery.
literature
- Carl Sternberg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- G. Schmidt-Wyklicky: Sternberg Carl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 234 f. (Direct links on p. 234 , p. 235 ).
- Eberhard J. Wormer : Sternberg, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-428-11206-7 , p. 296 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Carl Sternberg - Biography (English)
- Entry on Sternberg-Reed cell in Flexikon , a wiki from DocCheck
Individual evidence
- ↑ Central Cemetery Vienna I. Gate 52 19 13
- ↑ http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/995.html
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Carl Sternberg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sternberg, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pathologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1935 |
| Place of death | Carinthia |