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Carl, Freiherr von Rokitansky, was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician.
Carl von Rokitansky was the author of a treatise that came out between 1842 and 1846 with the title Handbuch der Pathologischen Anatomie. A historical milestone in pathological anatomy, Rokitansky's work represented the first attempt to systematically classify pathological specimens.
1 Carl August Wunderlich, Wien und Paris (Stuttgart: Ebner and Seubert, 1841), p. 74. 2 Carl von Rokitansky, Selbstbiographie und Antrittsrede, ed. Erna Lesky (Graz-Vienna-Cologne: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., 1960), p. 80. 183 BHM 52 (1978)183-199 0007-5140/78/0522-0183 $01.00 ® 1978 by The Johns Hopkins University Press
Jan 1, 2017 · Rokitansky (Fig. 1) was one of the towering figures in the history of pathological anatomy. He was born as Karl Rokitansky on the 19th of February 1804 in Königgrätz (today Hradec Králové, Bohemia, Czech Republic). He studied in Prague and Vienna and started his career in the morgue of the Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Vienna in 1827.
Apr 30, 2021 · Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804–1878) is well known as a pathologist in medical history literature. This article provides a detailed account of his family and artistic background and also analyses his demands for freedom in both science and the arts, and how they influenced subsequent generations of the Rokitansky family. The Rokitansky, Teltscher, Hüttenbrenner and Lablache families ...
Rokitansky, premier pathologist of the "Allgemeines Krankenhaus," is the recognized leader of the triad of medical scientists, the illustrious "Dreigestirn," who were largely responsible for the revival of Vienna as the great medical center of the world in the mid-19th century. The other members...
Jan 1, 2011 · By centering the medical school on “Carl von Rokitansky’s autopsy table,” Ludwig Freiherr Baron von Türkheim initiated “one of the most fruitful and brilliant epochs of Viennese medicine.” Footnote 78 Then in 1837, Türkheim organized the Vienna Society of Physicians which facilitated lively scientific discussion and resulted in ...
