Leopold Ritter von Dittel (May 29, 1815 – July 28, 1898) was an Austrian urologist who was born in Fulnek

Fulnek

----Fulnek is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, about 30 km south from Opava.- People :People from Fulnek include:* Leopold Ritter von Dittel , urologist, worked in Austria...

, which is now located in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Dittel received his medical doctorate in 1840 from the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

, and as a young physician spent considerable time working at the spas at Trentschin-Teplitz

Trencianske Teplice

Trenčianske Teplice is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains.-Characteristics:...

. From 1853 to 1857 he was an assistant to Johann von Dumreicher

Johann von Dumreicher

Johann von Dumreicher, fully Johann Friedrich Freiherr Dumreicher von Österreicher was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Trieste. He was the father of Armand von Dumreicher , a politician known for educational reforms.He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in...

 (1815-1880) and surgical assistant at the University of Vienna hospital. Later he became surgeon-in-chief of the Allgemeine Krankenhaus, and in 1865 was appointed professor of surgery at Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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Dittel is known for establishing urology

Urology

Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...

 as an independent field of medicine at the University of Vienna. He developed several innovative diagnostic and surgical practices in regards to genitourinary medicine. He is remembered for his pioneer diagnostic work with the cystoscope, a device that had recently been invented by Maximilian Nitze

Maximilian Nitze

Maximilian Carl-Friedrich Nitze was a German urologist who was born in Berlin. He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Würzburg and Leipzig. In 1874 he earned his doctorate, and subsequently became a medical assistant at the city hospital in Dresden. During the 1880s, Nitze founded...

 (1848-1906). In urology, the cystoscope is used for endoscopic detection of bladder

Urinary bladder

The urinary bladder is the organ that collects urine excreted by the kidneys before disposal by urination. A hollow muscular, and distensible organ, the bladder sits on the pelvic floor...

 tumors and other urinary disorders. With Felix Legueu

Felix Legueu

Felix Legueu was a French urologist and gynecologist who was born in Angers. He was a clinical professor in Paris and a surgeon at Hôpital Necker. He was a member of the Académie de Médecine....

 (1863-1939) the Dittel-Forgue-Legueu operation is named, which is a surgical procedure for closure of vesicovaginal fistula

Vesicovaginal fistula

Vesicovaginal fistula is a subtype of female urogenital fistula .-Presentation:VVF is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder and the vagina that allows the continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault....

e (VVF).

A medical instrument known as a Dittel sound

Urethral sounding

Sounding or urethral sounding is the medical use of probes called sounds to increase the inner diameter of the urethra and to locate obstructions in it...

 is named after him, which is used for treatment of stenosis

Stenosis

A stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure.It is also sometimes called a stricture ....

 of the urethra

Urethra

In anatomy, the urethra is a tube that connects the urinary bladder to the genitals for the removal of fluids out of the body. In males, the urethra travels through the penis, and carries semen as well as urine...

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Written works

• Ueber Klumpfuss, (1851)
• Skoliose, (1853)
• Beiträge zur Pathologie und Therapie der Männlichen Geschlechtstheile, (1859)
• Sekundäre Luxation des Hüftgelenkes, (1861)
• Der Kathederismus, (1864)
• Beitrag zur Lehre der Hypertrophie der Prostata, in Oesterreichischer Medizinischer Jahrbericht, (1867)
• Der Steinsauger in "Allgemeine Wiener Medizinische Zeitung, (1870)
• Die Stricturen der HarnrÖhre (in Franz von Pitha
  Franz von Pitha
  Franz von Pitha was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Rakom, a village near Klatovy, Bohemia....
  
   - Theodor Billroth
  Theodor Billroth
  Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a German-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician....
  
  's Handbuch der Chirurgie), (1872)
• Zur Behandlung der Hypertrophie der Vorsteherdrüse in Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, (1876)
• Operationen der Blasensteine, (1880)
• Nierencalculose,, (1881)