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Rudolf von Jaksch
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| Born | 16 July 1855 Prag-Weinberge |
| Died | 8 January 1947 (aged 91) Hracholusky, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Fields | internal medicine, pediatrics |
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| Known for | Jaksch’s anaemia |
Rudolf von Jaksch (July 16, 1855, Prag-Weinberge (the Vinohrady District of Prague) – January 8, 1947, Hracholusky (Czech Republic)), also Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst, was an Austrian internist. He was the son of physician Anton von Jaksch. In 1889 he described the disease Anaemia leucaemica infantum, a chronic anemic disease that affects children under three years of age, which was named Jaksch's anemia for him.[1][2]
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He studied medicine in Prague and Strassburg, earning his doctorate at Prague in 1878. Following graduation he remained in Prague as an assistant to pathologist Edwin Klebs. From 1879 to 1881 he worked with his father, and in 1881-82 was an assistant to Alfred Pribram (1841–1912). In 1882 he moved to Vienna, where he was assistant to Hermann Nothnagel. The following year he received his habilitation in internal medicine.
In 1887 he was appointed professor of pediatrics at the University of Graz, and later became a professor of internal medicine and director of the second internal clinic at Karl-Ferdinands Universität (German University) in Prague. Here he was instrumental in the construction of a new and modern clinic that first opened in 1899. He worked in Prag until his retirement in 1925.
He was a prolific author, one of his better known works being Klinische Diagnostik innerer Krankheiten, which was published over several editions and later translated into English.
In 1882 von Jaksch married Adele von Haerdtl (1867−1944) in Vienna. They had one son and three daughters.
Rudolf von Jaksch in the German National Library catalogue (German)