Career
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" ("An 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.
In 1932 Karl-Toldt-Weg in Vienna"s District 14 (Penzing) was named in his honor.