Józef Dietl

Józef Dietl (24 January 1804 in Podbuże near Sambor – 18 January 1878 in Kraków) was an Austrian-Polish physician born to an Austrian father and Polish mother. He studied medicine in Lviv and Vienna. He was a pioneer in balneology, and a professor of Jagiellonian University, elected as its rector in 1861. Dietl described the kidney ailment known as "Dietl’s Crisis" as well as its treatment.

Józef Dietl
A statue of Józef Dietl in Kraków by Xawery Dunikowski

He is renowned worldwide for being a "reformer of medicine" since he demonstrated through experiments that Bloodletting was useless if not dangerous.[1][2]

From 1866 to 1874, Dietl was mayor of the city of Kraków.

References
  1. Zajaczkowski, T (2006). "[Joseph Dietl (1804-1878). Reformer of medicine and his contributions to urology]". Urologe A. 45: 85–94. doi:10.1007/s00120-005-0955-9. PMID 16307223.
  2. Adam Wrzosek, "Les mérites de Louis et de Dietl en ce qui concerne la suppression dans la thérapeutique de l'abus des saignées", Estratto dagli Atti dell'VIII Congresso Internazionale di Storia della Medicina, Roma 22-27 Settembre 1930, VIII Congresso Internationale di Storia della Medicina ( 22.08.1930-27.08.1930; Roma), Stab. V. Lischi e Figli, 1931


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