Anton von Jaksch
Anton Ritter Jaksch von Wartenhorst was an Austrian and Czech physician born in Stráž pod Ralskem, Bohemia. He was the father of internist Rudolf von Jaksch.
He studied medicine at the University of Prague under Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and at the University of Vienna, where he had as instructors Joseph Škoda, Jakob Kolletschka and Carl von Rokitansky. He earned his doctorate in 1835, afterwards working as an assistant at the second medical clinic in Prague.
From 1842 to 1846 he was a lecturer at the newly established thoracic department at Prague, and in 1846 became director at the second medical clinic. In 1849 he was appointed rector of the university. From 1850 to 1881 he was in charge of the first medical clinic.Selected publications
- Abhandlung über das perforirende Magengeschwür in diagnostischer und therapeutischer Hinsicht, 1844.
- Ueber die spontane Heilung der Krankheiten der Herzklappen.
- Bericht über Duchenne's de Boulogne Faradisation localisée und Claude Bernard nach einem längeren Aufenthalte in Paris 1852, 1860.
- Über Blutvergiftung durch Hautresorption, 1844.
- Einige Mitt. über die Wichtigkeit des Gesichts- und Tastsinnes bei Erforschung der Krankheiten der Respirationsorgane, 1847.
- Klinische Vorträge über die Lehre von der Syphilis innerer Organe, 1864.
