Franz Xaver von Gietl

Franz Xaver Ritter von Gietl (27 August 1803 – 19 March 1888) was a German physician.

Life

Gietl studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Landshut, the University of Würzburg, and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (successor of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität after moving to Munich). In 1827, he received his doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München with a pathological work on neuro ganglia.

In 1831, he was sent by the government to examine the cholera in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. In 1834, he was appointed to the post of the personal physician to the then crown prince and later king Maximilian II of Bavaria. In addition, in 1838, he became professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and from 1842 to 1851 Director of the Municipal Clinic of Munich (Klinikum links der Isar). With the end of the winter semester 1885/1886, he retired as lecturer due to his advancing heart disease.

Gietls work focussed on Cholera and Typhoid fever esp. clinical observations and their treatment. In addition, he published on Erysipelas and statistical observations at the Municipal Clinic.

On the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1883, he became the 11th Honorary Citizen of Munich (comp. List of honorary citizens of Munich).

Works