Guido Holzknecht

Guido Holzknecht (December 3, 1872 - October 30, 1931) was an Austrian radiologist who was a native of Vienna. He studied in Strasbourg, Konigsberg and Vienna, and in 1905 became director of the X-ray laboratory at Vienna General Hospital. He later extablished a central radiology department at the hospital, which became known as the "Guido Holzknecht Institute". With radiologist Robert Kienböck (1871-1953), he was co-founder of the "Wiener Röntgengesellschaft" (Vienna Radiology Society).

Guido Holzknecht was a pioneer in the field of radiology, and in 1902 devised a dosimeter called a "chromoradiometer". Like several other physicians in the early days of radiology, he died from the consequences of radiation damage.
* Associated eponyms:
* "Holzknecht´s space": Also known as retro-cardiac space. It is located between the posterior wall of the heart and the vertebral column.
* "Holzknecht-Jacobson phenomena": Sometimes referred to as a "swinging mediastinum", which is displacement of respiratory mediastinum.

Selected writings

* "Röntgenologische Diagnostik der Erkrankung der Brusteingeweide" (Radiology Diagnostics of Breast Cancer), 1901
* "Röntgendiagnostik des Magenkrebses" (1905).
* "Röntgenologie", 2 vols., (Radiology) 1918/1924
* "Röntgentherapie", (X-Ray Therapy) 1924
* "Einstellung zur Röntgenologie", (Attitudes to Radiology) 1927
* "Handbuch der theoretischen und klinischen Röntgenkunde", 2 vols., (Handbook of Theoretical and Clinical X-Ray Studies), (1929).

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."