Emil Redlich

Emil Redlich (January 18, 1866 - June 9, 1930) was an Austrian neurologist who was born in Brünn. In 1889 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna and later did research work on anatomy of the brain at Heinrich Obersteiner’s (1847-1922) institute. In 1895 he was a medical assistant at Julius Wagner-Jauregg's (1857-1940) neurological institute, and in 1898 became head of a private mental institution at Inzerdorf, outside of Vienna. In 1914 he was appointed director of the Nervenheilanstalt Maria-Theresia-Schlössel in Vienna.

Redlich is remembered for his description of a type of disseminated encephalomyelitis (encephalomyelitis epidemica disseminata) with lesions distributed throughout the spinal cord and brain. This disorder was to become known as Redlich's syndrome, and sometimes Flatau-Redlich disease, named along with Edward Flatau (1868-1932), who discovered the same symptoms independently of Redlich. Also the anatomical location where the central nervous system meets the peripheral nervous system is referred to as Redlich-Obersteiner's Zone; named along with Heinrich Obersteiner.

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 * Who Named It; Emil Redlich