Carl von Rokitansky

Baron Carl von Rokitansky
Baron Carl von Rokitansky
Born(1804-02-19)19 February 1804
Hradec Králové (Königgrätz), Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy
Died23 July 1878(1878-07-23) (aged 74)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician
pathologist

Baron Carl von Rokitansky (German: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Czech: Karel Rokytanský; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was an Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician,[a] founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century.[1] He was the founder of science-based diagnostics,[2][3] connecting clinical with pathological results in a feedback loop that is standard practice today but was daring in Rokitansky's day.[4]


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  1. ^ Helmut Rumpler, Helmut Denk (Hrsg.), Christine Ottner (Redaktion): Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky 1804–1878. Pathologe, Politiker, Philosoph, Gründer der Wiener Medizinischen Schule des 19. Jahrhunderts. Wien, Böhlau 2005, ISBN 3-205-77205-9.
  2. ^ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation: Rokitansky, Carl Frh. von. 2003, accessed 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Rokitansky, Carl FRH. Von". 2003.
  4. ^ Kandel, Eric R. (2012). The Age of Insight: the Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present. New York: Random House. pp. 26–27, 23.