Joseph Engel

This article deals with the pathologist Josef Engel; for other persons see Josef Engel (disambiguation) .

Josef Engel (born January 29, 1816 in Vienna ; † April 3, 1899 there ) was an Austrian pathologist and anatomist .

Life

Josef Engel studied medicine at the University of Vienna , which he received in 1839 with the academic degree Dr. med. completed. From 1840 to 1844 he was assistant for pathological anatomy with Carl von Rokitansky . From 1844 to 1849 he was professor of topographical anatomy and from 1847 also of pathological anatomy and physiology at the University of Zurich . In 1849 he followed the call to the University of Prague , where he was appointed full professor of anatomy. After working in Prague, he worked from 1854 to 1874 as a professor at the Josephinum in Vienna. Engel was the first in Vienna to hold very well-attended microscopy courses. After the Josephinum was dissolved in 1874, Engel did not get a job at the University of Vienna due to his freedom of mind.

Works (selection)

• Via the appendage and the funnel. Vienna 1839 (dissertation).
• Draft of a pathological-anatomical propaedeutic. Kaulfuss, Vienna 1845.
• The skeleton of the human face. A physiognomic contribution. Braumüller, Vienna 1850.
• Depiction of the apparitions and their meaning. Braumüller, Vienna 1854.
• General pathological anatomy. For use in his lectures. Braumüller, Vienna 1865.

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Engel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Joseph Engel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 250.
• Overview of Josef Engel's courses at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1844 to summer semester 1849)