Carl Toldt

Carl Toldt

Carl Toldt (May 3, 1840 – November 13, 1920) was an Austrian anatomist who was a native of Bruneck, Tyrol.

In 1864 he earned his medical doctorate in Vienna, and was later a professor of anatomy in Prague and Vienna. He was the author of the popular Anatomischer Atlas für Studirende und Ärzte (Atlas of Human Anatomy For Students and Physicians), a work that was later translated into English.

His name is lent to the following four anatomical eponyms:

• "Toldt's fascia": Continuation of Treitz's fascia behind the body of the pancreas.
• "Toldt's fascia flap": A recent technique for repairing large diaphragmatic hernias.
• "Toldt's membrane": The anterior layer of the renal fascia.
• "White line of Toldt": Lateral reflection of posterior parietal peritoneum of abdomen over the mesentery of the ascending and descending colon.

References

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
• Mondofacto Dictionary (definition of eponyms)