Baron Carl von Rokitansky was an Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century.
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Carl von Rokitansky as rector of Vienna University
Rokitansky's arms as baron, granted in 1874
Memorial plaque to Carl von Rokitansky in Hradec Králové
Rokitansky (age 49) and his Vienna colleagues (1853). He is the third man from the right in the bottom row, holding a book and looking left to his right.Awards 5
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John B. GoodenoughAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Jena
Franciszek MacharskiAlso won honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
Hans GrossAlso won Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Endre SzemerédiAlso won honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague
Theophil HansenAlso won honorary citizen of Vienna
Karl Leonhard ReinholdAlso won honorary doctor of the University of JenaAbout this person
Baron Carl von Rokitansky was an 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.
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Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1878 · aged 74
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