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Carl von Rokitansky

1804 - 1878

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Rokitansky is the 192nd most popular physician (up from 220th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Physician.

Carl von Rokitansky was a German surgeon who is most famous for being the first to describe the Rokitansky syndrome, which is a condition in which the female reproductive organs are underdeveloped.

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Among physicians, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 192 out of 726. Before him are Charles Brenton Huggins, Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, Andrea Cesalpino, Horst Schumann, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia. After him are Richard Axel, Werner Haase, Randy Schekman, Fritz Klein, Hakaru Hashimoto, and Torsten Wiesel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 25. Before him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Hermann Schlegel, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora. After him are Stephan Endlicher, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, John Gould, Handrij Zejler, Ludwig von Benedek, and Eduard Mörike. Among people deceased in 1878, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 22. Before him are Antoine César Becquerel, Henri Victor Regnault, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora. After him are George Gilbert Scott, Mercedes of Orléans, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Mariam Baouardy, Carlo Blasis, and Robert Stirling.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 159 out of 1,200. Before him are Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292), Julius Fučík (1872), Jan Koller (1973), Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1569), Jan Kodeš (1946), and Jarmila Kratochvílová (1951). After him are Georg Benda (1722), Josef Čapek (1887), Rafael Kubelík (1914), Franz Reichelt (1879), František Palacký (1798), and Victor Adler (1852).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Czechia

Among physicians born in Czechia, Carl von Rokitansky ranks 1. After him are Eduard Bloch (1872), Joseph Škoda (1805), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), Friedrich von Berchtold (1781), Jan Janský (1873), Arnold Pick (1851), Gisela Januszewska (1867), and Emil Holub (1847).

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