Leopold von Schrötter
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Graz
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. He was the son of chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli was an Austrian chemist and mineralogist born in Olomouc, Moravia. His son Leopold Schrötter Ritter von Kristelli was a noted laryngologist.Antons father was an apothecary...
, and father to physician Hermann Schroetter-Kristelli
Hermann von Schrötter
Anton Hermann Victor Thomas Schrötter, name sometimes referred to as Hermann Schrötter von Kristelli was an Austrian physiologist and physician who was a native of Vienna...
(1870-1928).
He received his medical doctorate in 1861 from the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
, and following graduation remained in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
as an apprentice-surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
to Franz Schuh
Franz Schuh (physician)
Franz Schuh was an Austrian pathologist and surgeon who was a native of Scheibbs....
(1804-1865). From 1863 to 1869 he was an assistant to Josef Škoda
Josef Škoda
Joseph Škoda was a Czech physician, medical professor and dermatologist. Together with Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, he was the founder of the Modern Medical School of Vienna.-Life:...
(1805-1881), receiving his habilitation in 1867.
Following the death of Ludwig Türck
Ludwig Türck
Ludwig Türck was an Austrian neurologist who was a native of Vienna. In 1836 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where in 1864 he became a full professor....
(1810-1868), he attained the first chair of laryngology
Laryngology
Laryngology is that branch of medicine which deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the vocal apparatus, especially the larynx. Common conditions addressed by laryngologists include vocal fold nodules and cysts, laryngeal cancer, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, papillomas,...
, and three years later became director of the world's first laryngological clinic at Vienna General Hospital (Allgemeines Krankenhaus). In 1875 he became an associate professor of laryngology, and from 1875 to 1881 was head of the department of internal medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
. In 1881 he was Primararzt (primary physician) at the General Hospital, and in 1890 he was appointed full professor and director of the third medical clinic in Vienna.
In addition to his expertise in the field of laryngology
Laryngology
Laryngology is that branch of medicine which deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the vocal apparatus, especially the larynx. Common conditions addressed by laryngologists include vocal fold nodules and cysts, laryngeal cancer, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, papillomas,...
, Schrötter is also remembered with his work involving diseases of the heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
and lungs. He was a driving force in construction of the Alland
Alland
Alland is a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria. It is about 20 km southwest of Vienna and is one of the many towns in Lower Austria located in the Wienerwald.-History:...
Lungenheilanstalt (lung clinic), which began attending to patients in 1898. With British surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
James Paget
James Paget
Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours and Lectures on Surgical Pathology...
(1814-1899), the eponymous Paget-Schrötter disease
Paget-Schroetter disease
Paget-Schroetter disease, also known as Paget-von Schrötter disease or upper extremity deep vein thrombosis is a medical condition in which blood clots form in the deep veins of the arms. These deep vein thromboses typically occur in the axillary vein or subclavian vein.-Signs and symptoms:The...
is named. This disorder involves primary thrombosis
Thrombosis
Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel is injured, the body uses platelets and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss...
of the axillary vein
Axillary vein
In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla and upper limb toward the heart...
or subclavian vein
Subclavian vein
The subclavian veins are two large veins, one on either side of the body. Their diameter is approximately that of the smallest finger.-Path:Each subclavian vein is a continuation of the axillary vein and runs from the outer border of the first rib to the medial border of anterior scalene muscle...
.
Written works
Among his written works is a treatise on heart diseaseHeart disease
Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
s included in Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
Hugo von Ziemssen was a German physician, born at Greifswald. He studied there, at Berlin, and at Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to Erlangen as professor of pathology and director of the clinic, and in 1874 to Munich as director of the general hospital...
's Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie. Other noted works by Schrötter include:
- Beitrag zur Behandlung der Larynx-Stenosen (Contribution to the Treatment of Laryngeal StenosisStenosisA stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure.It is also sometimes called a stricture ....
), 1876 - Beitrag zur localen Anaesthesie des Larynx (On Local AnesthesiaAnesthesiaAnesthesia, or anaesthesia , traditionally meant the condition of having sensation blocked or temporarily taken away...
of the Larynx); 1881 - Über die Lungentuberkulose und die Mittel zu ihrer Heilung (About Pulmonary TuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
and the Means to Cure), 1891 - Hygiene der Lunge im gesunden und kranken Zustand (HygieneHygieneHygiene refers to the set of practices perceived by a community to be associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. While in modern medical sciences there is a set of standards of hygiene recommended for different situations, what is considered hygienic or not can vary between...
of the Lung in Healthy and Diseased States), 1903 - Über Hotelbau vom hygienischen Standpunkte (On Hotel Construction from a Hygienic Standpoint), 1906