Anton Eiselsberg
Anton Eiselsberg
Born	July 31, 1860 Schloss Steinhaus, Upper Austria
Died	October 25, 1939 St. Valentin, Lower Austria
Nationality	Austria
Fields	neurosurgery
Institutions	Utrecht University

Anton Freiherr von Eiselsberg was born on July 31, 1860 at Schloss Steinhaus, Upper Austria.

A student of Theodor Billroth, Eiselsberg served as professor of medicine at Utrecht University and at University of Königsberg before being appointed head of the First Department of Surgery at the University of Vienna. He was one of the founders of neurosurgery, co-founder of the Austrian Cancer Society in 1910, and an honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. It was his initiative that lead to the creation of the world-first emergency surgery station in Vienna, dramatically increasing the effectiveness of medical intervention after accidents.

Eiselsberg was awarded the second Lister Medal in 1927 for his contributions to surgical science. As part of the award, he was invited to give the Lister Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in July 1927.^[1]

He himself died during the early days of World War II in an accident caused by the collision of two trains in the vicinity of St. Valentin, Lower Austria, on October 25, 1939.

Contents 1 Publications 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Publications

• Die Werkstatt des Chirurgen. 1912.
• Die Hypophyse. Vienna, 1930.
• Lebensweg eines Chirurgen. Vienna, Tyrolia, 1938.

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[edit] References

• Paul (1982). "Our surgical heritage. Anton von Eiselsberg". Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie 107 (7): 418–21. PMID 7048805. 
• Rutkow (1980). "The letters of William Halsted and Anton von Eiselsberg: a very special friendship". Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 115 (8): 993–1001. PMID 6994682. 
• Michler; Benedum, J (1970). "The letters from Jacques-Louis Reverdin and Theodore Kocher to Anton v. Eiselsberg. A study on the discovery of deficiency symptoms following total extirpation of the thyroid gland". Gesnerus 27 (3): 169–84. PMID 4927249. 
• Schmid (1960). "On the 100th birthday of Professor Anton von EISELSBERG". Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) 110: 923–4. PMID 13747908. 

[edit] External links

• Entry at www.aeiou.at
• Article on Eiselsberg in Ärztewoche
• Austrian Cancer Society
• Van-Swieten Society

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Name	Eiselsberg, Anton
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Date of birth	July 31, 1860
Place of birth	Schloss Steinhaus, Upper Austria
Date of death	October 25, 1939
Place of death	St. Valentin, Lower Austria