Alois Biach (1 May 1849 – 1918) was an Austrian physician and medical writer. Biach was born in Lettowitz,

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, in 1849. He was educated at the gymnasium at

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and at the

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. After graduating as

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in 1873, he established himself in

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, where he was appointed a member of the board of health. In 1883 he became ''

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'' of medicine at the university in that city. Biach also occupied the position of secretary to the society of physicians of Lower Austria.

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