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Julius Donath
Austrian internist, born November 11, 1870, Vienna; died 1950.
Associated eponyms:
Donath-Landsteiner antibodies
An antibody of the IgG class which is responsible for paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria.
Donath-Landsteiner phenomenon
The haemolysis seen in Donath-Landsteiner test.
Donath-Landsteiner syndrome
Haemoglobinuria characterized by the sudden passage of dark brownish to black urine following exposure to cold.
Donath-Landsteiner test
A serological test for paroxysmal haemoglobinuria.
Biography:
Julius Donath studied in Vienna, graduating MD in 1895. He received his further education as an Aspirant at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus and from 1898 to 1907 he was an assistant at the I. medical clinic. He was habilitated for internal medicine in Vienna in 1905, becoming titular professor in 1927. His work concerns paroxysmal haemoglobinuria, diseases of the renal fascia, chondrodystrophic dwarfism, and malaria.
Bibliography:
- Isidor Fischer, publisher:
Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre.
Berlin – Wien, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1932. Volume I, page 326.
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