Rudolf Chrobak

Rudolf Chrobak ( born July 8, 1843, in Opava, Opava today, Silesia, † October 1, 1910 in Vienna ) was an Austrian gynecologist.

Life and work

Rudolf Chrobak was born the son of a doctor. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and in 1866 received his doctorate. He gained knowledge in physiology under Ernst Wilhelm von bridge. Initially he worked under Johann von Oppolzer in the Second Vienna School of Medicine. Later he moved to the Second Vienna University Hospital. After his habilitation he worked there from 1870 as a lecturer. In 1879 he was appointed extraordinary professor at the University of Vienna. In 1889 he was appointed as successor to the late August Breisky to full professor. He held until his retirement in 1908 this function. He was succeeded by Alfonso of Rosthorn (1857-1909), who had worked as an assistant under his direction. Other students were Ernst Wertheim and Emil Knauer ( 1867-1935 ). Chrobak died in Vienna in 1910 at the age of 67 years.

Chrobak was by Heinrich Fritsch, the sixth President of the German Society of Gynecology and directed in 1895 its 6th Congress in Vienna.

Together with Friedrich Schauta, since 1891 director of the First Vienna University Women's Hospital, designed and led the construction of the Vienna Chrobak women's clinics. He is considered one of the founders of modern gynecology. Chrobak encouraged his students to Emil Knauer transplantation experiments of ovaries in rabbits and thus laid the foundation for gynecological endocrinology.

With the name Chrobaks terms are connected in gynecology today:

  • Chrobakscher probe experiment: A probe breaks deep in necrotic tissue in cervical cancer a
  • Chrobaksche Operation: supravaginal hysterectomy
  • Otto - Chrobak Basin: after the German anatomist Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786-1845) and Chrobak named protrusion of acetabulum and head ( " acetabular protrusion " ) into the pelvis.

In 1912 in Vienna, Rudolf -Fuenfhaus ( 15th district ) was named the Chrobakgasse after him.

Writings (selection )

  • The microscopic anatomy of the uterus, In: Salomon Stricker 's Manual of the doctrine of the tissues of humans and animals (1871-1873)
  • The diseases of the female reproductive organs ( with Alfonso of Rosthorn ) In: Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel: Handbook of special pathology and therapy.
  • Investigation methods and Gynecological therapy, In: Franz von Pitha, Theodor Billroth: Manual of the diseases of women. 1879
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