Anton Ghon was an Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist.
10 Facts About Anton Ghon
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Anton Ghon is best known for his research on tuberculosis.
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From 1884 to 1890, Ghon studied medicine at the university in Graz.
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Anton Ghon travelled to Bombay in 1897 as a member of the Austrian delegation researching the bubonic plague.
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Anton Ghon completed his habilitation in 1899 in Vienna and was appointed associate professor in 1902.
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Anton Ghon retired in 1935 and died in Prague on April 23,1936, shortly after retiring from his university position.
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Anton Ghon's body was transferred to his hometown Villach and laid to rest in the family tomb.
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Anton Ghon linked bacteriological and anatomic-histological methods for exploring gram-negative diplococci, the pathogens of influenza and gas gangrene as well as tuberculosis.
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Anton Ghon was a specialist in the field of bacteriology, and is remembered for his work with meningitis and tuberculosis.
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Anton Ghon's best written effort is a 1912 treatise of childhood tuberculosis called Der primare Lungenherd bei der Tuberkulose der Kinder.