Rudolf Kaltenbach

Rudolf Kaltenbach (May 12, 1842 - November 21, 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 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 and Franco-Prussian Wars.

Kaltenbach is largely remembered through his numerous medical publications, including an important book on general and operative gynecology that he co-authored with Alfred Hegar. He is credited with introducing the "Kaltenbachschema" (Kaltenbach chart}, which is a gynecological graphic aid concerning menstruation cycles.

Selected writings

* "Operative Gynäkologie" (with Alfred Hegar); (Operative Gynecology). 1874.
* "Lehrbuch der Geburtshilfe". (Textbook of Obstetrics) Stuttgart 1893.

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.klinik.uni-frankfurt.de/ZFG/studium/tipps/kaltenbach.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Kaltenbach%2Bschema%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG The Kaltenbach Chart]