Maximilian of Vintschgau

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Maximilian Heinrich Christof Leopold Carl Ritter von Vintschgau zu Altenburg and Hohenhaus (born November 4, 1832 in Wilten near Innsbruck , † July 25, 1913 in Steinach am Brenner ) was an Austrian physiologist . In Italy he is also known under the name Massimiliano Vintschgau during his time at the University of Padua .

Life

Maximilian von Vintschgau came from the South Tyrolean family of the Knights of Vintschgau zu Altenburg and Hohenhaus, his parents were the farmer and kk post director Josef von Vintschgau and Eleonora Marianna Margarita, née de Rosmini. After studying medicine at the universities of Padua and Vienna , which he completed on March 4, 1856 at the University of Vienna as a doctor of medicine , he worked from 1856 to 1857 as assistant to Ernst Wilhelm Brücke at the Physiological Institute of the University of Vienna. From 1857 to 1866 he worked at the University of Padua, initially as a lecturer and from 1860 as a full professor of physiology in order to set up a physiological institute there. From 1867 he gave lectures on physiology at the University of Prague until he was appointed full public professor of physiology at the University of Innsbruck in 1870 , which he held until his retirement in 1902. During this time he held the dean's office of the medical faculty five times and in 1874/75 and 1881/82 the rectorate of the University of Innsbruck, which also had a virile vote in the Tyrolean state parliament.

Maximilian von Vintschgau was a knight of the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown III. Class. On June 8, 1862 he was admitted to the Leopoldina with the nickname Spallanzani . In 1896 he was appointed court counselor .

On August 7, 1872 Maximilian von Vintschgau married Agnes Maria Anna Benedicta, daughter of the Imperial Chamberlain and Councilor Wenzel Alois Count von Gleispach and Benedetta, née Countess Ciurletti von Belfonte.

Works

Maximilian von Vintschgau published more than 50 works, initially in Italian and later in German. Most of his treatises appeared in Pflüger's Archives for Physiology and in the reports of the meetings of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna .

His first work dealt mainly with histological topics. This was followed by his first purely physiological work, especially on the senses of taste , smell and temperature . A number of other studies dealt with the temporal relationships of the excitation processes occurring in the nerve-muscle system and the brain, especially the determination of the delay time. Another field of creativity was his research into color theory, in particular partial color blindness . A final series of studies dealt with the activity of the heart.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Alexander Freiherr von Dachenhausen: Knight of Vintschgau to Altenburg and Hohenhaus . In: Genealogical pocket book of the noble houses . 1894. 19th year. Friedr. Irrgang, Brünn 1894, p. 472-473 .
  2. ^ Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für practical Heilkunde . 2nd year, no.  23 , June 6, 1856, col. 431 ( books.google.de ).

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personal data
SURNAME Vintschgau, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vintschgau zu Altenburg and Hohenhaus, Maximilian Heinrich Christof Leopold Carl Ritter von (full name); Vintschgau, Massimiliano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilten near Innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1913
Place of death Steinach am Brenner