!!!Hyrtl, Josef

Hyrtl, Josef, b. Eisenstadt (Burgenland), Dec. 7, 1810, 
d. Perchtoldsdorf (Lower Austria), July 17, 1894, anatomist; 
professor at the University of Prague and from 1845 at the University 
of Vienna. The Vienna anatomic school reached its zenith under his 
influence; improved anatomical technique (especially by means of new 
injection procedures), and pioneered the production of anatomical 
specimens. Founded the Museum of Comparative Anatomy in Vienna (1850) 
and provided nearly all anatomy museums of the world with specimens. 
From 1874 engaged in research on the development of medical 
terminology. He left his fortune to charity ("H. Waisenhaus" orphanage 
in Moedling, etc.).

!Works
Lehrbuch der Anatomie des Menschen, 1846; Handbuch der 
topographischen Anatomie, 2 vols., 1847; Anomatologia anatomica, 
1880.

!Literature
Der Anatom J. H., 1991.


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