Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Václav Treitz (also Wenzel Treitz) (1819 August 27, 1872) was a Czech pathologist who was a native of Hostomice, Bohemia. He studied medicine in Prague, and performed post-graduate studies in Vienna with Joseph Hyrtl (1810 1894). Subsequently he practiced medicine at the Jagellonian University in Krakow, and in 1855 returned to Prague where he became a professor and director of the Pathologic Anatomy Institute.Throughout his career, Treitz was a figure in the struggle for Czech nationalism. In 1872, at the age of 52, he committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide.