An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

TREITZ, Václav (Wenzel)

2 entries
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Ueber einen neuen Muskel am Duodenum des Menschens, über elastische Sehnnen, und einige andere anatomische Verhãltnisse.

Vierteljahrsschrift f. d. prakt. Heilkunde, 37, 113-44, 1853.

Treitz, a Czech pathologist, discovered the muscle at the duodenojejunal junction, later called “muscle of Treitz”; the fold of peritoneum over the muscle of Treitz is known as the "ligament of Treitz."



Subjects: ANATOMY › 19th Century, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Czech Republic
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Hernia retroperitonealis. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte innerer Hernien.

Prague: F. A. Crednar, 1857.

Treitz described retroperitoneal hernia through the duodeno-jejunal recess – “Treitz’s hernia”.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Czech Republic, SURGERY: General › Hernia