Sesquicentennial Tribute to Emil Redlich (1866-1930), The 'Embodied Conscience of Neurology'

Abstract

Professor Emil Redlich (1866-1930) of the University of Vienna was born 150 years ago. Raised in a humble environment, he became an eminent researcher and neurology scholar, and succeeded in laying some of the key foundations of neuroanatomy and neuropathology. His name is linked to medical eponyms that define the dorsal root entry zone into the spinal cord, epidemic disseminated encephalomyelitis, narcolepsy, senile plaques and dementia. As its first director, he managed to organize the Maria-Theresien-Schlössel into a first-class neuropsychiatric hospital. The one attribute that his colleagues constantly recognized was his inexorable scientific demeanor, always insisting on a critical checking of the facts before formulating any hypothesis.