Feuerhalle Simmering - Arkadenhof - Carl Sternberg, 2016

Carl Sternberg (November 20, 1872 – August 15, 1935) was an Austrian pathologist. The

Reed–Sternberg cell Reed–Sternberg cells (also known as lacunar histiocytes for certain types) are distinctive, giant cells found with light microscopy in biopsies from individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma. They are usually derived from B lymphocytes, classically con ...

is named after him and American physician

Dorothy Reed Mendenhall Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall (September 22, 1874–July 31, 1964) was a prominent pediatric physician specializing in cellular pathology. In 1901, she discovered that Hodgkin's disease was not a form of tuberculosis, by noticing the presenc ...

Biography

Education

Sternberg studied medicine at the Medical faculty of the University of Vienna where he received his doctorate in 1896. He then completed training in general internal medicine at

Vienna General Hospital The Vienna General Hospital (german: Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien), usually abbreviated to AKH, is the general hospital of the city of Vienna, Austria. It is also the city's university hospital, and the site of the Medical Unive ...

and worked as an assistant to Richard Paltauf. He was habilitated for pathological anatomy in 1903.

Work in the field

In 1908, Sternberg moved to

Brünn Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

where he taught as a professor until 1926. During World War I, he served as a military physician for the Austrian army where he earned a reputation for advocating for the well-being of the soldiers. Sternberg returned to teaching after the war. Sternberg's research focused mostly on

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...

and

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

. It was through his studies of tuberculosis that he discovered a novel cell that is today called the

Death

Sternberg died suddenly of a

myocardial infarction A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may ...

in 1935. He was cremated at

Feuerhalle Simmering Feuerhalle Simmering is a crematorium with attached urn burial ground in the Simmering (Vienna), Simmering district of Vienna, Austria. It lies at the end of an alley, directly opposite Vienna Central Cemetery's main gate. Description Opened on ...

, where also his ashes are buried.

Publications

''Uber eine eigenartige unter dem Bilde der Pseudoleukamie verlaufende Tuberculose des lymphatischen Apparates''. Ztschr Heilk 1898;19:21–90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sternberg, Carl 1872 births 1935 deaths Austrian pathologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna Burials at Feuerhalle Simmering Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austro-Hungarian physicians