Alfred Fuchs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Fuchs

Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1870

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1927

Profession: psychiatrist, neurologist, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Alfred Fuchs (2 August 1870, Karolinenthal bei Prague – 5 October 1927, Döbling, Wien) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. He studied medicine at the universities of Prague and Vienna, receiving his medical doctorate in 1894.
He worked at the sanatorium in Purkersdorf, and later served as an assistant to Richard von Krafft-Ebing (from 1900) and Julius Wagner-Jauregg (from 1902) in Vienna.
In 1905 he obtained his habilitation and in 1912 became an honorary associate professor.
Up until the time of his death, he was associated with work done at Obersteiner's institution in Döbling.He made contributions in his research of cerebrospinal fluid and his studies involving the measurement of pupil size.
His name is associated with the Fuchs-Rosenthalsche Zählkammer ("Fuchs-Rosenthal counting chamber"), a means for counting cells in cerebrospinal fluid.