Václav Treitz

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Václav Treitz

Václav Treitz , also Wenzel Treitz or Treic , (born April 9, 1819 in Hostomice pod Brdy , Bohemia , † August 27, 1872 in Prague ) was a Czech pathologist .

Live and act

Treitz was born the son of a lawyer . After graduating from high school in Benešov , he studied medicine at the Charles University in Prague. He completed his further training in Vienna with Josef Hyrtl (1810–1894), an Austrian anatomist . He then worked as a doctor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow . In 1855 Treitz returned to Prague, where he was appointed professor and director of the Institute for Pathological Anatomy .

In addition to his medical work, Václav Treitz was a symbolic figure in the struggle of the Czech national movement .

On August 27, 1872 Treitz committed at the age of 52 years with cyanide suicide .

Terms associated with the name Treitz

  • Treitz discovered in 1853 the musculus suspensorius ulcer , which later Treitzsches ligament or Treitzsches band ( ligament suspensory duodenal ) was called. The structure fixes the transition between the duodenum and jejunum on the back wall of the abdominal cavity.
  • Treitz's angle : a sharp kink of the duodenojejunal transition
  • Treitz's arch ( Plica paraduodenalis ): a peritoneal fold between the left side of the flexura duodenojejunalis and the medial border of the left kidney
  • Treitz fascia : fascia behind the head of the pancreas
  • Treitz fossa : pit under the cecum
  • Treitz's hernia : a duodenojejunal hernia; as retroperitoneal hernia known

literature

  • Richard S. Fox, Claire G. Fox and William P. Graham III: Václav Treitz (1819–1872): Czechoslovakian pathoanatomist and patriot. In: World Journal of Surgery 9 (1985), 361-6, PMID 3887773 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01656334
  • J. Dobiás and J. Marek: Dr. Václav Treitz (1819-1872). On the 110th anniversary of his death and the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Pathologic Anatomy Institute in Prague. Casopís lékarů czeských 122 (1983), 405-7, PMID 6344997
  • Václav Treitz, the Czech pathological anatomist. Casopís lékarů czeských 91 (1952), 223, PMID 14390131
  • V. Bartůsek: New findings about the youthful years of Václav Treitz. Casopís lékarů czeských 129 (1990), 283-4, PMID 2184939
  • L. Hlavácková: The most eminent personalities of the Prague Medical Faculty. Václav Treitz. Casopís lékarů czeských 144 (2005), 504, PMID 16161548
  • W. Haubrich: Treitz of the ligament of Treitz. Gastroenterology 128 (2004), Issue 2, Pages 279-279, doi : 10.1053 / j.gastro.2004.12.026
  • Julius Pagel :  Treitz, Wenzel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 558 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zdeněk Václav Tobolka & Václav Žáček: Slovanský sjezd v Praze 1848 Sbírka dokumentų , Volume 1. Slovanský Ústav Verlag, 1952, pp 337th
personal data
SURNAME Treitz, Václav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Treitz, Wenzel; Treic, Václav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Hostomice pod Brdy
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1872
Place of death Prague