Otto Zuckerkandl


Otto Zuckerkandl was an Austrian urologist and surgeon. He was a younger brother of anatomist Emil Zuckerkandl.
In 1884 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna. Beginning in 1889, he became an assistant to surgeon Eduard Albert in Vienna, two years later serving at the Vienna General Hospital under the guidance of Leopold von Dittel. In 1892 he became a lecturer in surgery, afterwards gaining promotions as an associate professor and full professor. From 1902 onward, he was associated with the Rothschild-Spital in Vienna.
Zuckerkandl specialized in diseases of the urethra, bladder, and prostate. In 1919, he was a founder and first president of the Wiener Urological Society. The "Zuckerkandl Preis" is an award for special achievements in the field of urology.
An unfinished portrait of his wife Amalie, painted by Gustav Klimt, is now kept at the Belvedere in Vienna. Amalie was a Christian who converted to Judaism to marry Zuckerlandl. The couple were divorced after the First World War. During the Second World War she and her daughter Nora were deported by the Nazis to the Bełżec extermination camp where they were murdered.

Writings

He was the author of Atlas und Grundriss der chirurgischen Operationslehre, an influential manual/atlas on surgery that was published over numerous editions. It was translated into English in 1898 as "Atlas and epitome of operative surgery". His other principal works include: