Rudolf Chrobak (8 July 1843 – 1 October 1910) was an Austrian

gynecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...

who was a native of

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. In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the

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, and worked as an intern at

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and as an assistant in the clinic of Johann von Oppolzer (1808–1871). In 1880 he became an associate professor, and in 1889 succeeded

August Breisky Professor August Breisky (25 March 1832, Klattau (Klatovy), Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 25 May 1889) was an Austrian gynecologist and obstetrician. He studied medicine in Prague, obtaining his M.D. degree in 1855. At Prague, he served for s ...

(1832-1889) as professor and director of the second ''Frauenklinik'' in

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. Chrobak maintained this position until his retirement in 1908. With Friedrich Schauta (1849–1919), he was responsible for the planning and design of the new hospital department for gynecology in Vienna.

Associated eponyms

* Chrobak's operation: Supravaginal amputation of the

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. * Otto–Chrobak pelvis: Protrusion of the

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into the

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. Named along with German

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Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786–1845).

Selected publications

* ''Die mikroskopische Anatomie des Uterus'', (Microscopic anatomy of the uterus) In:

Salomon Stricker Salomon Stricker (1 January 1834 – 2 April 1898) was a pathologist and histologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Career Stricker was born in Waag-Neustadtl (, now Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia). He studied at the University of Vienna, a ...

's "Handbuch der Lehre von den Geweben des Menschen und der Thiere" (1871-1873). * ''Ueber bewegliche Niere und Hysterie''. * ''Die Erkrankungen der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane'' (with Alfons von Rosthorn 1857-1909), two volumes 1896/1906. Included in "Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie" by

Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (; 28 September 1841 – 7 July 1905) was a German internist, born in Alt-Lietzegöricke, near Bärwalde in der Neumark, Neumark, Brandenburg. Career The son of a pharmacist, from 1858 to 1863 Nothnagel studi ...

(1841-1905). * ''Untersuchungsmethoden und Gynäkologische Therapie'', In:

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- Billroth- "Handbuch der Frauenkrankheiten".

References

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1843 births 1910 deaths People from Opava Gynaecologists Physicians from Austria-Hungary Academic staff of the University of Vienna Burials at Döbling Cemetery {{Austria-med-bio-stub