Anton von Jaksch

Who was Anton von Jaksch?

Anton Ritter Jaksch von Wartenhorst .

He studied medicine at the University of Prague under Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and at the University of Vienna, where he had as instructors Joseph Škoda, Jakob Kolletschka and Carl von Rokitansky. He earned his doctorate in 1835, afterwards working as an assistant at the second medical clinic in Prague.

From 1842 to 1846 he was a lecturer at the newly established Brustkranken-Abteilung in Prague, and in 1846 became director at the second medical clinic. In 1849 he was appointed rector of the university.