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July 23, 1878
Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (born 1804)
Carl von Rokitansky
Baron Carl von Rokitansky was a Czech-born Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. He was the founder of science-based diagnostics, connecting clinical with pathological results in a feedback loop that is standard practice today but was daring in Rokitansky's day.