Pernkopf starts working as an Anatomist

In 1920, Pernkopf starts working as an assistant to Ferdinand Hochstetter. Hochstetter and Carl Toldt published Anatomischen Atlas für Studierende und Ärzte – an anatomical atlas. Hochstetter was chair of Anatomical Institute II at the University of Vienna medical school. The Anatomy Department at University of Vienna was actually two separate institutes in the early 1900s and one of the main delineations was political affiliation. Anatomical Institute I was run by more progressive, clinically-oriented faculty and was chaired by a Jewish faculty member, Julius Tandler, until 1936. Anatomy II featured nationalist faculty members*.

Ferdinand Hochstetter
In the image above, Ferdinand Hochstetter is centered with a white beard. Eduard Pernkopf is to Hochstetter’s left wearing a dark jacket.

 

* Hildebrandt, S. (2006). How the Pernkopf Controversy Facilitated a Historical and Ethical Analysis of the Anatomical Sciences in Austria and Germany. Clin. Anat. 19:91–100.