Richard Ladislaus Heschl (; July 5, 1824, in WelsdorfNona.net
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– May 26, 1881, in

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) was an Austrian

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In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the

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, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to

Carl von Rokitansky Baron Carl von Rokitansky (german: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, cs, Karel Rokytanský; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Me ...

(1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in

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, and during the following year became a professor of

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in Krakow. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at

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(from 1863 a full professor), serving as university

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in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by

Hans Kundrat Hans Kundrat (6 October 1845 – 25 April 1893) was a pathologist born in Vienna, Austrian Empire. He studied medicine in Vienna, and as a student he was a demonstrator under Josef Hyrtl and Karl von Rokitansky. In 1868 he received his medic ...

(1845-1893). Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the

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or "

Heschl's gyrus The transverse temporal gyri, also called Heschl's gyri () or Heschl's convolutions, are gyri found in the area of primary auditory cortex buried within the lateral sulcus of the human brain, occupying Brodmann areas 41 and 42. Transverse tempor ...

", located in the

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. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information.

Literary works

* ''Compendium der allgemeinen und speziellen pathologischen Anatomie'', (1855) - Compendium of general and special pathological anatomy. * ''Sectionstechnik'', (1859) * ''Über die vordere quere Schläfenwindung'', (1878) - On the front

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, namel
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon
1815–1950 (ÖBL). Band 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1959, S. 302 f. (Direktlinks auf S. 302, S. 303).

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