Anton Weichselbaum

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Anton Weichselbaum
The professors at the Medical University of Vienna, chalk drawing by Olga Prager, Vienna 1908–1910. In the Dean's Office of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. Edmund von Neusser , Siegmund Exner-Ewarten , Isidor Schnabel , Ferdinand Hochstetter , Alfons Edler von Rosthorn , Anton Weichselbaum, Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli , Heinrich Obersteiner , Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Viktor von Ebner-Rofenstein , Carl Toldt , Gustav Riehl , Ottokar von Chiari , Anton von Frisch , Ernst Fuchs , Anton Freiherr von Eiselberg , Hans Horst Meyer , Ernst Ludwig , Rudolf Chrobak , Theodor Escherich , Alexander Kolisko , Julius von Hochenegg , Arthur Schattenfroh , Carl von Noorden , Emil Zuckerkandl , Richard Paltauf , Gustav Gärtner , Leopold Oser , Josef Moeller , Alois Monti , Julius Mauthner , Viktor Urbantschitsch , August Leopold von Reuss , Adolf von Strümpell , Ernest Finger , Adolf Lorenz , Friedrich Schauta

Anton Weichselbaum (born February 8, 1845 in Schiltern , Lower Austria , † October 22 or 23, 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist .

Life

academic career

He studied medicine in Vienna, where he received his doctorate in 1869. med. received his doctorate .

From 1869 to 1871 he was assistant to the pathological anatomist Josef Engel , who was a student of Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky . From 1885 he was an associate professor for pathological histology. From 1893 to 1916 Weichselbaum was a full professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Vienna .

In 1916 he exchanged his position as the chairman for pathological medicine with that of the chairman for forensic medicine, Alexander Kolisko , who had held this post since 1898 as the successor to Eduard Hofmann.

Contributions to medicine

Weichselbaum was one of the first to recognize the importance of bacteriology for pathological anatomy. He developed a reagent for serum and liquor protein determination (Weichselbaum biuret reagent). In 1886 he discovered the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (formerly called Diplococcus pneumoniae) and in 1887 the causative agent of meningococcal meningitis ( Neisseria meningitidis , Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis, sour cherry diplococcus) , which mainly occurs in infants and small children . In 1903 he was responsible for preserving the corpse of Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska .

Offices and functions

In 1912/13 Weichselbaum held the office of Rector of the University of Vienna . He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna (from 1892 a corresponding member, from 1894 a real member) and the Leopoldine-Carolinian Academy of German Naturalists . From 1917, Weichselbaum was also a member of the manor house .

Family and burial site

He was married to Anna Schneider, a daughter of Franz Schneider . He was buried in the Weidlinger Friedhof in Klosterneuburg .

Street naming

In 1929 Weichselbaumgasse in Vienna- Favoriten was named after him.

Works

  • The current state of bacteriology and its relationship with practical medicine. In: Clinical Time and Issues , Volume 1, 1; Vienna, 1887.
  • Pathological Histology Outline. Leipzig-Vienna, 1892.
  • About the development and control of tuberculosis. 1896.
  • Parasitology. In: Handbook of Hygiene , Volume 9; Jena, 1899.
  • Epidemiology. In: Handbook of Hygiene , Volume 9; Jena, 1899.
  • Etiology of acute pneumonia and pleurisy.
  • On the etiology of acute cerebro-spinal meningitis. In: Advances in Medicin. Vol. 5, No. 18, 1887, pp. 573-583.
  • Etiology and pathological anatomy of endocarditis.
  • Diplococcus pneumoniae . In: Handbook of pathogenic microorganisms , Volume 3; Jena, 1903.
  • Meningococci . In: Handbook of pathogenic microorganisms , Volume 3; Jena, 1903.
  • Pneumococcal immunity . In: Handbook of pathogenic microorganisms , Volume 4; Jena, 1904.
  • Immunity in diseases caused by the Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis (Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis). In: Handbook of pathogenic microorganisms , Volume 4; Jena, 1904.
  • About the routes of infection of human tuberculosis. 1907.
  • About the relationship between body constitution and illness. 1912.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The faculty of the medical faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna 1908-1910 . Photo credits: Collections of the Medical University of Vienna - Josephinum, picture archive; Associated personal identification .
  2. ^ Archduchess Elisabeth. In:  New Free Press. Abendblatt, February 16, 1903, p. 7, top right.
  3. ^ Anton Weichselbaum's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on October 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.landtag-noe.at/service/politik/landtag/Abordnunge/ZAbgW/Weichselbaum.pdf
  5. ↑ Weidling parish cemetery book. (PDF) Weidling Parish, December 25, 2018, accessed on March 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Weichselbaum, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Schiltern
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1920
Place of death Vienna