Richard Paltauf

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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

Richard Paltauf (born February 9, 1858 in Judenburg , Styria , †  April 21, 1924 in Semmering ) was an Austrian pathologist . He was the brother of Arnold Paltauf (1860-1893), who was a professor of forensic medicine at the German University in Prague , and brother of Rudolf Paltauf , an Austrian Minister of Justice.

Paltauf studied in Graz and became a Dr. med. PhD. He then worked as an assistant to Hans Kundrat (1845–1893) in Graz and Vienna. In 1888 he received his habilitation in pathological anatomy and in 1892 became associate professor for general pathology and pathological histology. In 1893 the prosector at the kk hospital Rudolfstiftung became head of the university institute for pathological histology and bacteriology.

Paltauf became a full professor for pathological histology and general pathology in 1898 and since 1900 full professor for general and experimental pathology.

He founded the Serotherapeutic Institute in Vienna and a vaccination station against rabies. He introduced - together with Anton Weichselbaum (1845–1920) - bacteriology and serology in Vienna.

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  1. ^ The college of professors at 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 .
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SURNAME Paltauf, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Judenburg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1924
Place of death Semmering