Ignaz Gulz

Ignaz Gulz on a lithograph by Franz Eybl (1853)

Ignaz Joseph Caspar Gulz (* January 8, 1814 in Domsdorf ; † 2. October 1874 in Vienna ) was an Austrian eye and throat specialist .

Life

Ignaz Gulz came from Silesia . His parents were Theresia Gulz, née Plischke, and the farmer and yarn dealer Ignaz Gulz. When he was still a child, he and his parents moved from his birthplace, Domsdorf, to a farm in nearby Gurschdorf , where he also went to trivial school. Gulz remained connected to his Silesian homeland all his life and later bought a summer residence in Gurschdorf.

He attended high school in Reichenau an der Knieschna and began studying philosophy at the University of Prague in 1831 , from which he switched to medicine in 1833 . From 1835 he studied further at the University of Vienna , where he became a doctor of medicine in 1839 and doctor of surgery in 1840 . Gulz then worked for two years as Anton von Rosas's assistant at the University Eye Clinic at the Vienna General Hospital and in 1842 received a master's degree in ophthalmology. From 1843 to 1845 he undertook a state-sponsored study trip through Europe, which took him to Germany , Belgium , France , England , Scotland , Ireland and Switzerland . Archduke Ludwig had made sure that he could take the trip, but Anton von Rosas would have preferred to make it possible for his own son. This led to tension between Gulz and Rosas and the former refrained from pursuing a university career in ophthalmology.

Ignaz Gulz opened his own ophthalmological practice in Vienna in 1844, which was at times the largest in the city. In addition, he treated ear diseases there and in 1845 he completed his habilitation as the first lecturer in ear medicine at the University of Vienna. In the same year he got the post of second Viennese city ​​poor doctor for eye diseases. In 1846 he married Elisabeth Francesconi, a daughter of the railway pioneer Hermenegild Francesconi . Gulz became a member of the Society of Doctors in Vienna in 1847 . The ophthalmologist Ferdinand von Arlt was one of his closest friends .

Gulz developed a reputation as one of the finest ophthalmologists of his time and a benefactor . In 1850 he was sent to Galicia and in 1852 to Field Marshal Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz in Italy to treat the Egyptian eye inflammation that was rampant in the military hospitals. He had great success with it. One of his most prominent patients as an eye surgeon was the blind Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović , to whom he restored one eye. From 1855 Gulz again worked as an ophthalmologist in a leading position at the Vienna General Hospital until he was appointed the first Viennese city ophthalmologist in 1857. He held this position until his death. With his professional colleague Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal he represented Austria at the first international congress for ophthalmology, which took place in Brussels in 1857 . In the mid-1860s he became a member of the German Ophthalmological Society and from 1866 he headed the department for eye and ear patients in the military garrison main hospital I in Vienna.

Ignaz Gulz died in 1874 at the age of 60 and was buried in the Währing cemetery .

Fonts

• Dissertatio inauguralis medica sistens conspectum morborum, in clinico ophthalmiatrico altero semestri anni scholastici 1838 . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1839.
• The so-called Egyptian eye inflammation or catarrh, blennorrhea and trachoma of the conjunctiva. With special consideration of the forms occurring in the military . Joseph Keck & Sohn, Vienna 1850.

Ignaz Gulz also published articles in the Austrian Medical Weekly and in the Medical Yearbooks of the Imperial and Royal Austrian State .

Honors

• Golden Cross of Merit with the Crown (1850)
• Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1867)
• Street naming of Gulzgasse in Vienna- Großjedlersdorf (2009)

literature

• Gulz, Ignaz (Joseph Caspar) . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. tape 4 Görres - Hittorp. KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-598-25034-7 , p. 262 .
• Frank Krogmann: Ignaz Gulz. Doctor of medicine and surgery, master's degree in ophthalmology, knight of the Franz Joseph Order, first lecturer in ear medicine at the University of Vienna, kk ophthalmologist in the capital and residence of Vienna . Self-published by the author, Thüngersheim 1996.
• Frank Krogmann: Ignaz Gulz - a Viennese ophthalmologist 150 years ago on a study trip through Europe . In: Würzburg medical history reports . tape 12 , 1994, pp. 29-35 .
• Frank Krogmann: Ignaz Gulz on the Würzburg Clinic in 1843 . In: Würzburg medical history reports . tape 11 , 1993, p. 153-154 .
• Jos. Pohl: Hall of Honor. Dr. Ignaz Gulz . In: A. Heinrich's monthly books for the enlightenment and entertainment of the people . Supplement No. 3, 1864, p. 39–41 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ignaz Gulz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Frank Krogmann: Gulz, Ignaz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon from 1815 - online. November 27, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Frank Krogmann: Gulz, Ignaz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon from 1815 - online. November 27, 2017, accessed March 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jos. Pohl: Hall of Honor. Dr. Ignaz Gulz . In: A. Heinrich's monthly books for the enlightenment and entertainment of the people . Supplement No. 3, 1864, p. 39–41 ( digitized version [accessed March 4, 2020]).
3. ↑ Gulz, Ignaz (Joseph Caspar) . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. tape 4 Görres - Hittorp. KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-598-25034-7 , p. 262 .
4. ↑ Ignaz Gulz (obituary). In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Democratic Organ , October 4, 1874, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ Peter Autengruber : Lexicon of Viennese street names. Meaning, origin, earlier names . 9th edition. Pichler, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-85431-687-9 , pp. 116 .