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About Dr. Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow
- Birth year is per genteam.at Index of the Jewish Records of Vienna (Simon Ernst, son of Carl vFM & Ida Marx)
- Birth day/month is per http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1755.html:
Neue Freie Presse death notice published Oct. 24, 1891
Buried Zentralfriehof, WIen:
- Fleischl-Marxow Ernest 45 Year(s) 10/24/1891 [it was 10/22] 10/26/1891 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 6 29 86
- Fleischl - Marxow Richard 48 Year(s) 04/14/1901 [it was 4/7] 04/16/1901 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 6 29 86
- Fleischl-Marxow Ida 74 Year(s) 06/04/1899 06/06/1899 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 6 29 86
- Fleischl-Marxow Karl 75 Year(s) 06/13/1893 06/15/1893 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 6 29 86
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Ernst Fleischl von Marxow (Austrian physiologist, b. August 5, 1846, Vienna; died October 22, 1891) studied in Vienna and Leipzig, a pupil of Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (1819–1892), Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804- 1878), and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816–1895), graduating doctor of medicine in 1870. In 1871 he came to Rokitansky as a prosector and in 1873 became Rokitansky's assistant at the chair of physiology. Despite his young age, Fleischl became a central figure in Vienna's scientific avant-garde. However, through an accident in the dissection room he was infected and was forced to amputate one of his thumbs. This caused an almost constant pain and, despite several attempts by Theodor Billroth (1829–1894) to lessen his suffering surgically, Fleischl's subsequent years became a lasting martyrdom.
Fleischl had to abandon anatomy and turned to physiology, working as an assistant under Brücke. He was habilitated and in 1880 he became professor extraordinary of physiology at the University of Vienna. Fleischl undertook extensive experimental investigations on the irritability of nerves. In 1883, he discovered that following irritation of various sense organs, measurable currents were recognisable on the surface – knowledge that is a major prerequisite for the electroencephalogram.
Another luminary who tried to help Fleischl was the ten years younger Sigmund Freud, with whom he had become acquainted when Freud worked in Brücke's institute. In 1884 Freud had commenced experiments with the alkaloid cocaine, and soon was convinced that he had discovered a superdrug. At this time Freud did not have an adequate income and was generously supported by Fleischl. In order to lessen Fleischl's use of morphine, Freud gave him large doses of cocaine, only to worsen his condition. Heavy doses of cocaine (including by injection) caused chronic poisoning, delirium, and violent seizures. Freud therefore spent several night bedside. He later said that these nights with his sick friend were among the most shocking experiences of his life.
From 1886 to 1892 Brücke was Freud's boss in the Physiological Laboratory at the University of Vienna. Brücke means "bridge" – an association to which Freud calls attention in discussing the "Three Fates" dream. Ernst Fleischl von Marxow and Joseph Paneth (1857-1890) are also characters in Freud's "Non Vixit" dream.
Fleischl became a corresponding member of the Vienna Academy in 1887. Four years later he died of the infection that had caused him twenty years of pain.
Fleischl translated James Clerk Maxwell's (1831–1879) Matter and Motion.
DEATH OF PROFESSOR FLEISCHL V. MARXOW. We regret to announce the death of Dr. Ernst Fleischl von Marxow, Extraordinary Professor of Physiology in the University of Vienna, and formerly assistant to Brucke, which took place on October 22nd, after a long illness. Professor von Fleischl, who was in his 46th year, qualified as Privat docent in physiology in 1873, and was appointed Extraordinary Professor in 1880. He was well known to physiologists throughout the world by his numerous publications on the circulatory apparatus, the process of digestion, the nervous system, etc. He was also the inventor of a useful haemometer, which is largely used by German clinicians. Though often suffering great pain, Professor von Fleischl continued his scientific investigations with heroic fortitude almost to the last moment of his life. --The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1609, Oct. 31, 1891
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Dr. Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow's Timeline
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August 5, 1846
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Vienna, Austria
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| 1891 |
October 22, 1891
Age 45
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Wien, Österreich (Austria)
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October 26, 1891
Age 45
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Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria
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