Education
He studied at Gymnasium Kadaň.
educationist physician university professor
He studied at Gymnasium Kadaň.
In 1834 he received his medical doctorate at Prague, and several years later he obtained his habilitation in balneology (1841). Later on, he became a professor at the University of Prague, where in 1862-1863 he served as university rector. In 1862 he was appointed Landesmedizinalrat, and in 1865 became Hofrat (councilor) and a personal physician to Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Löschner is remembered for his work in the field of balneology.
He advocated the curative properties of health spas, and wrote numerous articles promoting the spas of Bohemia.
These publications were instrumental in making Bohemian spas a popular tourist destination, particularly the resorts at Karlsbad and Bílina, which were regularly visited by members of European royalty.
