Anton Friedrich Freiherr von Troeltsch

Anton von Troeltsch, surname often spelled Tröltsch (April 3, 1829 - January 9 1890) was a German otologist who studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, earning his doctorate in 1853. He later studied ophthalmology in Berlin with Albrecht von Graefe, and in Prague with Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt. He also studied otology in the British Isles with Joseph Toynbee and William Wilde. Troeltsch subsequently returned to Würzburg, where he became a renowned physician in the early days of otology.

In 1863, Tröltsch along with Adam Politzer and Hermann Schwartze founded the first journal dedicated to ear disorders, called Archiv für Ohrenheilkund (Archives of Otology). Tröltsch is credited for popularizing an instrument consisting of a concave mirror with an aperture in the center for use in otoscopy. Also, anatomical spaces between the malleolar folds and the tympanic membrane are known as Tröltsch's recesses, or singularly called the anterior and posterior pouches of Tröltsch.

Today in Germany, the "Anton von Tröltsch Prize" is an annual award given to the best published work in the field of ENT, (Ear, Nose and Throat). Also a specialized medical tool known as Tröltsch's forceps is named after him.

Terms

 * Troeltsch's spaces &mdash; Two small pouches of mucous membrane in the upper part of the attic of the middle ear.
 * Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)

Published works

 * Die Untersuchung des Gehörorganes an der Leiche; Virchow's Archiv (3/1858)
 * Die Untersuchung des Gehörgangs und Trommelfells. Ihre Bedeutung. Kritik der bisherigen Untersuchungsmethoden und Angabe einer neuen.; Deutsche Klinik Berlin (12/1860)
 * Die Anatomie des Ohrs in ihrer Anwendung auf die Praxis und die Krankheiten des Gehörorgans; Würzburg (1861)
 * Lehrbuch der Ohrenkrankheiten (textbook on ear diseases); Würzburg (1862)

Source
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

Anton Friedrich Freiherr von Tröltsch