- Anton Ghon
Anton Ghon (
January 1 ,1866 -April 23 ,1936 ) was an Austrianpathologist who was a native ofVillach . In 1890 he earned his medical degree in Graz, and afterwards spent several years at the pathological institute inVienna , where he worked withAnton Weichselbaum (1845-1920). In 1910 he became a professor of pathologicalanatomy at the German University inPrague .Ghon was a specialist in the field of
bacteriology , and is remembered for his work withmeningitis andtuberculosis . His name his lent toGhon focus , which is a primaryinfection associated with tuberculosis, as well asGhon's complex , when the aforementioned infection involves surroundinglymph node s. His best known written work is a 1912 treatise of childhood tuberculosis called "Der primäre Lungenherd bei der Tuberkulose der Kinder".
* Publications about Anton Ghon:
* "Ghon, but not forgotten, (Anton Ghon and his complex)"; WB Ober (1983).References
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.g/g393316.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Anton%2BGhon%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG AEIOU, Austrian Lexicon]
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