Johann Kundrat

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Johann Kundrat (born October 6, 1845 in Vienna ; † April 25, 1893 ibid) was an Austrian pathologist .

Johann Kundrat

Life

Kundrat studied at the University of Vienna and did his doctorate here in 1868. After he was a demonstrator with the anatomist Joseph Hyrtl during his student days , Carl von Rokitansky made him his assistant. In 1873 Kundrat completed his habilitation in pathological anatomy, and in 1875 he became an associate professor. In 1877 he taught pathology in Graz before taking over the Viennese professorship for pathological anatomy in 1882. In 1887/88 he was dean there. In 1893 he became a councilor . After his death, Kundrat was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery ; his grave monument was designed by the sculptor Theodor Charlemont . In 1897 Kundratstrasse in Vienna was named after the pathologist.

meaning

Johann Kundrat was an important pathologist at the Vienna Medical School . Following Rokitansky, he correlated morphological changes during autopsies with the patients' clinical symptoms. He coined u. a. the term arrhinencephaly , in 1893, shortly before his death, he described the clinical picture of lymphosarcomatosis , which bears his name in medical nomenclature.

Kundrat was also an excellent teacher. He founded a museum at the Pathological Institute, for which he made a valuable contribution. Kundrat was a co-founder and from 1888 publisher of the Wiener clinical Wochenschrift .

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personal data
SURNAME Kundrat, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1893
Place of death Vienna