Rudolf Kaltenbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rudolf Kaltenbach

German doctor

Date of Birth: 12-May-1842

Place of Birth: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1893

Profession: physician, university teacher, gynaecologist, obstetrician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Rudolf Kaltenbach

  • Rudolf Kaltenbach (12 May 1842 – 21 November 1893) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1865 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, and afterwards trained under Johann von Dumreicher (1815-1880) at the surgical hospital in Vienna.
  • From 1867 to 1873 he was an assistant to Alfred Hegar (1830–1914) in Freiburg, and was later a professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Giessen.
  • In 1887 he became an OB/GYN professor at Halle, where he succeeded Robert Michaelis von Olshausen (1835–1915).
  • Kaltenbach served in the military during the Austro-Prussian (on the Austrian side) and Franco-Prussian Wars. Kaltenbach is remembered for his numerous medical publications, including a book on operative gynecology that he co-authored with Alfred Hegar.
  • He is credited with introducing a gynecological graphic aid involving menstruation cycles called the Kaltenbachschema (Kaltenbach chart).

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