See Also: Rokitansky, Karl, baron von(encyclopedia)
VENTER or VENTRE(law)
Rokitansky, Karl Freiherr von(medicine)
Humboldt, (Karl) Wilhelm, baron von(encyclopedia)
Stein, (Heinrich Friedrich) Karl, imperial baron vom und zum(encyclopedia)
en ventre sa mere(dictionary)
ventre a terre(dictionary)
Gros Ventre(dictionary)
danse du ventre(dictionary)
venter(medicine)

Rokitansky, Karl, baron von (sh) and VENTER or VENTRE (law)


Rokitansky, Karl, baron von (sh)




born Feb. 19, 1804, K?niggr?tz, Austria
died July 23, 1878, Vienna

Austrian pathologist.

He inspired Ignaz Semmelweis to study medicine and supported his use of antiseptic procedures to eliminate puerperal fever. Rokitansky was the first to detect bacteria in malignant endocarditis and to describe spondylolisthesis (forward displacement of one vertebra over another). He differentiated pneumonias originating in lobes of the lung and in bronchioles, made a fundamental study of acute yellow atrophy of the liver, and established the micropathology of emphysema. His Treatise of Pathological Anatomy (3 vol., 1842-46) elevated pathology to an established science. During his career he performed more than 30,000 autopsies.


VENTER or VENTRE (law)


VENTER or VENTRE. Signifies literally the belly. In law it is used figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the first, and one by the second venter. first, and one by the second venter. 2. A child is said to be in ventre sa mere before it is born; while it 2. A child is said to be in ventre sa mere before it is born; while it is a foetus. is a foetus.