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Weichselbaum, AntonWeichselbaum, 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; Über Entstehung und Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose, 1896; Parasitologie, 1899; Epidemiologie, 1899; Über die Infektionswege der menschlichen Tuberkulose, 1907; Über die Beziehungen zwischen Körperkonstitution und Krankheit, 1912.
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