Karl, baron von Rokitansky

Karl, baron von Rokitansky (born Feb. 19, 1804, Königgrätz, Austria—died July 23, 1878, Vienna) was an Austrian pathologist whose endeavours to establish a systematic picture of the sick organism from nearly 100,000 autopsies—30,000 of which he himself performed—helped make the study of pathological anatomy a cornerstone of modern medical practice and established the New Vienna School as a world medical centre during the latter half of the 19th century. A professor of pathological anatomy (1844–74)...