Richard Kretz
Austrian pathologist
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Richard Kretz (12 May 1865 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian pathologist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. He is remembered for pathological research involving regenerative and degenerative processes that take place in liver cirrhosis.[1]
Kretz earned his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and following graduation worked as assistant to Hans Kundrat (1845-1893) at the clinic for pathological anatomy in Vienna. In 1887 he received his habilitation, and in 1893 relocated to Prague, where he succeeded Hans Chiari (1851-1916) as professor of pathology. From 1910 to 1913 he was professor of pathology at the University of Würzburg.
Written works
- Ein Fall von Syringomyelie (1890) – A case of syringomyelia.
- Uber einen Fall von Tuberculose des weiblichen Genitalcanales, combinirt mit Aträsie der Vagina (1891) – Involving a case of tuberculosis of the female genital canals, combined with vaginal atresia.
- Circumscripte Keratose im Larynx (1891) – Circumscribed keratosis in the larynx.
- Über Hypertrophie und Regeneration des Lebergewebes, Wiener klin. Wochenschr. 1894, S. 365.[2] - On hypertrophy and regeneration of liver tissue.
- Hämosiderin-Pigmentirung der Leber und Lebercirrhose, 1896 – Hemosiderin-pigmentation involving the liver and liver cirrhosis.
- Ueber Lebercirrhose, 1899 – On liver cirrhosis.[3]