# Carl Sternberg

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{{short description|Austrian professor and pathologist}}
[[File:Feuerhalle Simmering - Arkadenhof - Carl Sternberg, 2016.jpg|thumb|[Feuerhalle Simmering](/source/Feuerhalle_Simmering), grave of Carl Sternberg]]

'''Carl Sternberg''' (November 20, 1872 – August 15, 1935) was an Austrian pathologist. The [Reed–Sternberg cell](/source/Reed%E2%80%93Sternberg_cell) is named after him and American physician [Dorothy Reed Mendenhall](/source/Dorothy_Reed_Mendenhall).

== Biography ==

===Education===
Sternberg studied medicine at the [Medical faculty of the University of Vienna](/source/Medical_University_of_Vienna) where he received his doctorate in 1896.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carl Sternberg|url=http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/995.html|website=Whonamedit?}}</ref> He then completed training in [general internal medicine](/source/general_internal_medicine) at [Vienna General Hospital](/source/Vienna_General_Hospital) and worked as an assistant to [Richard Paltauf](/source/Richard_Paltauf). He was habilitated for pathological anatomy in 1903.

===Work in the field===
In 1908, Sternberg moved to [Brünn](/source/Br%C3%BCnn) where he taught as a professor until 1926. During World War I, he served as a [military physician](/source/military_physician) for the Austrian army where he earned a reputation for advocating for the well-being of the soldiers. Sternberg returned to teaching after the war. 
Sternberg's research focused mostly on [tuberculosis](/source/tuberculosis) and [leukemia](/source/leukemia). It was through his studies of tuberculosis that he discovered a novel cell that is today called the [Reed–Sternberg cell](/source/Reed%E2%80%93Sternberg_cell).

===Death===
Sternberg died suddenly of a [myocardial infarction](/source/myocardial_infarction) in 1935. He was cremated at [Feuerhalle Simmering](/source/Feuerhalle_Simmering), where also his ashes are buried.

===Publications===
''Uber eine eigenartige unter dem Bilde der Pseudoleukamie verlaufende Tuberculose des lymphatischen Apparates''. Ztschr Heilk 1898;19:21–90.

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