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

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 ...

who was a native of Troppau, Austrian Silesia. In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, and worked as an intern at

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and as an assistant in the clinic of

Johann von Oppolzer Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (4 August 1808 – 16 April 1871) was an Austrian physician born in Nové Hrady, Bohemia. He was the father of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886). In 1835 he earned his medical doctorate at the Univ ...

(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 ...

(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 pelvic cavity. Named along with German anatomist 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 an Austrian pathologist and histologist. Career Stricker was born in Waag-Neustadtl (Hungarian: Vágújhely, now Nové Mesto nad Váhom in Slovakia). He studied at the University of Vienna, ...

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

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 ( pl, Stare Łysogórki), near Bärwalde in der Neumark ( pl, Mieszkowice), Neumark, Brandenburg. Career The son of a phar ...

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

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- Billroth- "Handbuch der Frauenkrankheiten".

References

''Rudolf Chrobak''
@ Who Named It

biography at

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