Ludwig Türck

Ludwig Türck (22 July 1810 – 25 February 1868)[1] was an Austrian neurologist who was a native of Vienna.

He is remembered for his pioneer investigations of the central nervous system, particularly his studies involving nerve fiber localization, direction and degeneration.

Today this bundle of fibers is usually called by its clinical name: the anterior corticospinal tract.

[3] During the latter part of the 1850s, Türck, along with physiologist Johann Nepomuk Czermak (1828-1873) were responsible for introducing the laryngoscope into medicine.

Among Türck's assistants and students in Vienna were laryngologists Karl Stoerk (1832-1899), Leopold von Schrötter (1837-1908) and Johann Schnitzler (1835-1893).