Career
In 1889 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, and later performed anatomical research of the brain at Heinrich Obersteiner’s institute. In 1895 he was a medical assistant at Julius Wagner-Jauregg"s neurological institute, and in 1898 became head of a private mental institution in Inzersdorf, outside of Vienna. In 1914 he was appointed director of the Nervenheilanstalt Maria-Theresia-Schlössel in Vienna.
His name is associated with Redlich-Obersteiner"s Zone.
The anatomical location where the central nervous system meets the peripheral nervous system. He also described a type of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions scattered throughout the spinal cord and brain.
This disorder was to become known as "Redlich-Flatau syndrome", named along with Edward Flatau (1868-1932), who stated that a virus could be the cause of the disease.