Gustav Alexander

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Gustav Alexander (1873 – 12 April 1932) was an Austrian otolaryngologist remembered for describing Alexander's law.[1] He was the director of the Department of Otology of the Wiener Allgemeine Poliklinik from 1917 until his death.[2] He was the father of Leo Alexander.[3]

He was assassinated on the street between his home and the Poliklinik by Johann Sokoup, a Czechoslovakian former patient who had tried to assassinate him 22 years earlier.[4]

References

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  2. British Medical Journal Aug 13 1932, page 334.
  3. Nuremberg Medical Trials at the Howard Gottlieb Archival Research Center.
  4. The Laryngoscope 42; 5: 404-409.


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