Václav Treitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Václav Treitz

Czech anatomist and patologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1819

Place of Birth: Hostomice, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1872

Profession: physician, university teacher, pathologist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Václav Treitz (also Wenzel Treitz) (9 April 1819 – 27 August 1872) was a Czech pathologist who was a native of Hostomice, Bohemia. He studied medicine in Prague, and performed post-graduate studies in Vienna with Joseph Hyrtl (1810–1894).
Subsequently, he practiced medicine at the Jagellonian University in Krakow, returning to Prague in 1855, where he became a professor and director of the institute of pathological anatomy. Throughout his career, Treitz was a figure in the struggle for Czech nationalism.
In 1872, at the age of 52, he committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide.