Rudolf Kaltenbach
Rudolf Kaltenbach (born May 12, 1842 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † November 21, 1892 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German gynecologist .
Life
Kaltenbach was born as the son of the wine merchant Johann Gustav Kaltenbach (1807-1846) and his wife Balbine Maria Walburga Sautier (1818-1874) in Freiburg. There he began studying medicine, which he continued at the universities of Berlin and Vienna . He received his doctorate in 1865 and then worked until 1867 with Johann Dumreicher (1815–1880) in Vienna. In 1866 Rudolf Kaltenbach took part in the German war on the Austrian side . From 1867 to 1873 he worked as an assistant to Alfred Hegar (1830–1914) in Freiburg, where he completed his habilitation in 1868 . In 1870 he took part in the Franco-Prussian War , during which he fell seriously ill with typhus . In 1873 he was made an adjunct professor , in 1883 Kaltenbach accepted a call to the University of Giessen , where, as professor of obstetrics and gynecology, he also became head of the maternity hospital and gynecological clinic. In Gießen, Rudolf Kaltenbach obtained a permit for a new clinic on Seltersberg. In 1887 the gynecologist went to Halle , where he succeeded Robert Olshausen (1835–1915). After Franz von Winckel , he was the second president of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics and headed its congress in Halle (Saale) in 1888 . In 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Act
Kaltenbach introduced the Kaltenbach scheme , a graphical aid for recording various parameters of menstrual bleeding . He presented the scheme at the fourth congress of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Bonn in 1891 .
Fonts (selection)
- Alfred Hegar, Rudolf Kaltenbach: Operative gynecology . 1874.
- Rudolf Kaltenbach: Textbook of Obstetrics . Stuttgart 1893.
- Rudolf Kaltenbach: About aids in gynecological instruction. Z Natal Gynäkol 21 (1891), 228-296
literature
- Franz von Winckel : Kaltenbach, Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 25 f.
- Julius Pagel : Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna 1901, column 837
- H. Ludwig: The Kaltenbach scheme. Der Gynäkologe 37 (2004), 1148–1150, doi : 10.1007 / s00129-004-1616-6
Web links
- Entry on Rudolf Kaltenbach in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaltenbach, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1892 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |