Richard Ladislaus Heschl (July 5, 1824, Welsdorf, nearby Fürstenfeld

Fürstenfeld

Fürstenfeld is a town and a district in southeastern Austria. It is situated within the Austrian federal state of StyriaAccording to the 2005 census, Fürstenfeld has 5,986 citizens within its communal area, the larger urban area of Fürstenfeld includes approximately 20% more citizens.Fürstenfeld...

, Steiermark - May 26, 1881, Wien

Wien

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) was an Austrian

Austrians

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 anatomist. In 1849 he received his medical doctorate 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 in 1850 became an assistant to Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). Later, he became a professor at Olmütz (1854), Krakow

Kraków

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 (1855), Graz

Graz

The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

 (1861) and Vienna

Vienna

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 (1875). While at Graz University, Heschl was appointed Rector

Rector

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, and after his death in 1882, his position was succeeded by Hans Kundrat

Hans Kundrat

Hans Kundrat was an Austrian pathologist born in Vienna.He studied medicine in Vienna, and as a student he was a demonstrator under Josef Hyrtl and Karl von Rokitansky. In 1868 he received his medical doctorate, and remained in Vienna as an assistant to Rokitansky...

 (1845-1893) at the University of Vienna.

Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the transverse temporal gyrus

Transverse temporal gyrus

The transverse temporal gyri are found in the area of primary auditory cortex in the superior temporal gyrus of the human brain, occupying Brodmann areas 41 and 42. It is the first cortical structure to process incoming auditory information...

 or Heschl's gyrus in the temporal lobe

Temporal lobe

The temporal lobe is a region of the cerebral cortex that is located beneath the Sylvian fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the mammalian brain....

. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information.

Literary works

• Compendium der allgemeinen und speziellen pathologischen Anatomie, 1855
• Sectionstechnik, 1859
• Über die vordere quere Schläfenwindung, 1878

External links

• http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/h/Heschl_gyrus.php
• http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2549.html (Kallmann's syndrome)
• http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/oebl/oebl_H/Heschl_Richard-Ladislaus_1824_1881.xml
• AEIOU

See also

• Friedrich Albert von Zenker
  Friedrich Albert von Zenker
  Friedrich Albert von Zenker was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis. He was born in Dresden, and was educated in Leipzig and Heidelberg. Attached to the city hospital of Dresden in 1851, he added, in 1855, the duties of professor of pathological...
  
   (http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2152.html)
• Baronet Sir William Osler
  William Osler
  Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...
  
   (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3589.html), Osler's triad