Johann Schnitzler

Johann Schnitzler, by Josef Székely.

Johann Schnitzler (10 April 1835 - 2 May 1893) was a Hungarian-Austrian Jewish laryngologist who was a native of Nagy Kanizsa (today part of Hungary). He married Luise Markbreiter (1838-1911) a daughter of the Viennese doctor Philipp Markbreiter, and they had three children. Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931) was a doctor and playwright; Julius Schnitzler (13 June 1865, Vienna - 17 July 1939, Vienna) was a surgeon; and Gisela (20 December 1867, Vienna - 1953).

In 1860 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, where from 1863 to 1867 he worked as an assistant to Johann von Oppolzer (1808–1871). In 1880 he was appointed associate professor of laryngology at the University of Vienna, and later became director of its policlinic.

Schnitzler was a pioneer of modern laryngology, and author of numerous works on diseases of the throat and larynx. His best known written work was Klinischer Atlas der Laryngologie (Clinical Atlas of Laryngology), which was published posthumously in 1895. In 1860 with Philipp Markbreiter (1810–1882), he founded the Wiener Medizinische Presse, a publication of which he remained as editor until 1886

Schnitzler is credited with coining the term "spastic dysphonia" for a vocal disorder known today as spasmodic dysphonia (SD).

References

• [1] biography @ Jewish Encyclopedia
  • Pagel: Biographical Dictionary (translated biography]

See also: Schnitzler