!!!Weichselbaum, Anton

Weichselbaum, Anton, b. Schiltern (Lower Austria), Feb. 8, 1845, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 22, 1920. Anatomist; was the first to discover 
tubercle bacilli in the blood of a human corpse. Played an important 
role in the further development of cancerology, the pathology of 
joints and cartilages and conducted research into diabetes. Important 
achievements in fighting alcoholism; founder of the first 
pulmonological sanatorium in Austria (Alland, Lower Austria).

!Works
Grundriss der pathologischen Histologie, 1892; Ueber Entstehung 
und Bekaempfung der Tuberkulose, 1896; Parasitologie, 1899; 
Epidemiologie, 1899; Ueber die Infektionswege der menschlichen 
Tuberkulose, 1907; Ueber die Beziehungen zwischen Koerperkonstitution 
und Krankheit, 1912.


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