Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
Something About Worlds Biq-
gest Hospital Which is Lo-
Gated in Vienna.
NAME MATCHES ITS SIZE.
IL is Called "Allgcmeinen- Kranyxen.
haus' and Has Facilities for Work
Ana Study Equally Exhaustive
Special Correspondence.

@PeNlal correspondence
JENNA. Aug. Livery year seaa
" some so or 100 American doctors
studying in Vienna for periods
ranging anywhere from Two
weeks to as many years. From all parts
OF the United States they come, bring
I ing with them an air of breeziness and
good Fellowship which lightens up many
dull hour of sober serious medical
work. They are prime fayorites with
the dignfhed professors VINO appreciate
their nimble intelligence, and the stores
ana boarding houses in the neighbour
hood of the great general hospital COM
pete eagerly for the custom of these
alert transatlantic visitors.
ii Is this same general hospital or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS az IT Is
called, that brings the Americans here.
for In this institution Vienna Offers,
great advantages over the rival medical
centois of London and Berlin. Tho ALL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is the biggest
hospital in the world, accommodating
some Zoo patients. besides thousands
ana even tens of thousands of out pa-
tients. Here the medical student finds
what is probably the most varied as
sembly Of cases" IN the world, They
come from the vast "hinteTla.nd" OF Ga
llcia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other
remote parts OF tho dual monarchy. But
this remarkable hospital offers yet one
attraction Of much greater force TO the
American student Within it's walls he
can do all his work. Every department
OF medical science can be studied there.
and clinics are held in every branch of
medicine and surgery. Here is Vienna's
advantage over London and Berlin.
These cities have no such ono great
hospital but instead a number of sfnall-
fsF hD4nITnl. NJ Ia. al
rendering the students task much
harder especially when, as often hap
pens, his time iS very limited For the
American doctor who wants TO get as
much MS possible out OF a vsry short
trip Viennh's medical school cannot DO
beaten.
GREAT PROFESSORS.
Vienna. too. has great professors.
mon OF world wide regulations Pollt-
ger and Fuchs for the eur and eye re-
speouNely are among the highest living
authorities. Neusser for internal medi-
cine, Welchsolbaum for pathology and
Eiselsborg as a great operating surgeon
are not lose renowned. Others, too,
there are scientists OF profound learn
ing and great teaching powers whose
classes attract students from an parts
OF the world. The branches which ap-
peal chiefly 10 tho Americans are inter-
nal medicine, pathology. obstetrics,
gynaecology, and the eye. ear, noso
and throat.
CLEVER MEDICAL MEN.
In Prof Anton Weichsolbaum Vienna
has one OF the greatest Psychologists
and medical men IN Europe He Ia fam
GUS FOR his discovery OF the germ OF tho
dreaded meningitis and takes high rank
as bactoriologist, too. l3llt the leo
lures given by his chief assistant DR..
ehon are even more popular among
the Americans GAou Is most charm
ing man who shows moro interest In
American students than amy other
teacher In Vienna. He has great fame
AK an embalmer and Is always enc
ployed when persons OF high rank die,
He embalmod the body OF tho Archduke
otto.
BEST OF SURGEONS.
IN surgery there IL Prof. Anton Eay-