Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift
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Wien Med Wochenschr · Oct 2004
Biography Historical Article[Rokitansky and the Vienna Medical School--from the philosophy of nature to natural science].
On February 19th 2004 we celebrated the 200th anniversary of Carl Rokitansky's birth. Together with Morgagni and Virchow, Rokitansky paved the way for the development of modern pathology. ⋯ Rokitansky represents a personality on the threshold of the change in medicine from a phenomenological-dominated philosophy to an evidence-based science. This jubilee essay aims at outlining this development particularly with regard to the Vienna Medical School before and after Rokitansky.