Alfons Edler von Rosthorn (19 September 1857 – 9 August 1909) was an

gynecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

in Austria-Hungary who was native of Oed, a village that is located in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land. In 1885 he earned his doctorate from the University of Vienna, where he studied zoology and medicine, and was a student of

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Theodor Billroth (1829-1894). Afterwards, he became an assistant to

Rudolf Chrobak Rudolf Chrobak (8 July 1843 – 1 October 1910) was an Austrian gynecologist who was a native of Troppau, Austrian Silesia. In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, and worked as an intern at Vienna General Hosp ...

(1843-1910) at the second university ''Frauenklinik'' in Vienna. In 1891 he was habilitated for gynecology and

obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

, and in 1894 became a full professor of OB/GYN at the University of Prague. Later, he was a professor at the Universities of

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(from 1899), Heidelberg (from 1902) and Vienna (from 1908). Rosthorn Maske

Rosthorn was the author of numerous works involving gynecological disorders. His better known publications were a treatise on

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tissue diseases called ''Die Krankheiten des Beckenbindegewebes'', and an 1896 work on diseases of the female sex organs titled ''Die Erkrankungen der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane'', the latter being co-authored with Rudolf Chrobak. Rosthorn is credited with the design of a specialized mask for application of

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. Rostorn's wife was the opera singer Helene Wiet whom he married in 1899.Kornberger, Monika (2015)
"Wiet (verh. Edle von Rosthorn), Helene"
'' Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'', Online version retrieved 16 July 2019 (in German).

References

Pagel: Biographical Dictionary
(translated from German)
Antiquariat für Medizin
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