!!!Skoda, Josef eigentlich Škoda

Skoda, Josef (correct: Škoda), b. Plzeń, Czech Republic 
(then Pilsen), Dec. 10, 1805, d. Vienna, June 13, 1881, famous 
internist; uncle of the industrial entrepreneur Emil v. S. 
(1839-1900), director of the company "Skodawerke" (1866). 1841 medical 
director, 1846-1871 university professor in Vienna; improved 
auscultation and percussion as physical examination techniques and, 
through comparison with pathological findings, created the basis for 
modern diagnostics. Worked with C. v.  Rokitansky and was one of 
the few open supporters of I. P.  Semmelweis. Rokitansky and S. were 
the leading personalities of the "younger"  Vienna School of Medicine.

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Work: Ueber Perkussion und Auskultation, 1839.

!Literature
M. Sternberg, J. S., 1924.



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