Jakob Kolletschka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Kolletschka

Czech patologist

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1803

Place of Birth: Bělá nad Svitavou, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1847

Profession: physician, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jakob Kolletschka (4 July 1803, Biela (now Luže), Bohemia – 13 March 1847, Vienna) was Professor of Forensic Medicine at Vienna General Hospital in Austria. Jakob Kolletschka is mostly known for his death which eventually led Ignaz Semmelweis to his discovery of the etiology of childbed fever.
Below is a quote from the original reference describing the details of his death. In a lecture in 1846 he is reputed to have said, "It is here no uncommon thing for midwives, especially in the commencement of their practice, to pull off legs and arms of infants, and even to pull away the entire body and leave the head in the uterus.
Such occurrences are not altogether uncommon; they often happen."



Alternative names	Joseph Kriehuber
Description	Austrian painter and lithographer
Date of birth/death	14 December 1800	30 May 1876
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Vienna
Work location	Austria
Authority control	: Q93804 VIAF: 71599977 ISNI: 0000 0000 6658 8354 ULAN: 500093668 LCCN: n88195846 GND: 118724436 WorldCat