Name Anton Ghon | Role Medical Doctor | |
Died April 23, 1936, Prague, Czech Republic | ||
Anton Ghon (1 January 1866 – 23 April 1936) was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Villach.
In 1890 he earned his medical degree in Graz, and afterwards spent several years at the pathological institute in Vienna, where he worked with [[Anton Weichsel aum]] (1845–1920). In 1910 he became a professor of pathological anatomy at the German University in Prague.
Ghon was a specialist in the field of bacteriology, and is remembered for his work with meningitis and tuberculosis. His name is lent to Ghon focus, which is a primary infection associated with tuberculosis, as well as Ghon's complex — when the aforementioned infection involves surrounding lymph nodes. His best written effort is a 1912 treatise of childhood tuberculosis called "Der primäre Lungenherd bei der Tuberkulose der Kinder".