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Richard L. Heschl

Richard L. Heschl is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Richard L. Heschl rather than just read about it. In short: Richard Ladislaus Heschl (German: [ˈhɛʃl̩]; 5 July 1824 – 26 May 1881) was an Austrian anatomist. Biography Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of Fürstenfeld, Austria).

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Reference excerpt

Richard Ladislaus Heschl (German: [ˈhɛʃl̩]; 5 July 1824 – 26 May 1881) was an Austrian anatomist.

Biography Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of Fürstenfeld, Austria). In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in Olomouc, and during the following year became a professor of pathological anatomy in Kraków. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at Graz (from 1863 a full professor), serving as university rector in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by Hans Kundrat (1845-1893). Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the transverse temporal gyrus or "Heschl's gyrus", located in the primary auditory cortex. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information. Heschl died on 26 May 1881 in Vienna, at the age of 56.

Literary works Compendium der allgemeinen und speziellen pathologischen Anatomie, (1855) - Compendium of general and special pathological anatomy. Sectionstechnik, (1859) Über die vordere quere Schläfenwindung, (1878) - On the front transverse temporal gyrus.

References Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, namely Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Band 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1959, S. 302 f. (Direktlinks auf S. 302, S. 303).

External links [1] Fasthealth.com [2] Kallmann syndrome @ Who Named It AEIOU biographical information at AEIOU Encyclopedia

See also Friedrich Albert von Zenker ([3]) Baronet Sir William Osler ([4]), Osler's triad

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Richard L. Heschl is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1824 births, 1881 deaths, 19th-century Austrian biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Richard Ladislaus Heschl (German: [ˈhɛʃl̩]; 5 July 1824 – 26 May 1881) was an Austrian anatomist. Biography Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of Fürstenfeld, Austria).

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