title: [Arthur Schnitzler and laryngology].
abstract: It is not widely known that the famous Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) worked as a laryngologist in his youth. As a son of one of the most famous laryngologists of his time, Johann Schnitzler (1835-1893), he was a resident in the Laryngology Department of the Poli-clinic in Vienna from 1888 to 1893 and published several papers. He had contracts with leading specialists and was the brother-in-law of Markus Hajek (1861-1941), the "father of endonasal sinus surgery". He was never happy with his work as a doctor, and after his father's death he resigned from medicine. There are only few passages in his literary works that show the influence of his work as a laryngologist.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Hamburg Eppendorf.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hartwein
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Arthur Schnitzler und die Laryngologie.