Rudolf Kaltenbach was a German gynecologist who was a native of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1865 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

, and afterwards trained under Johann von Dumreicher

Johann von Dumreicher

Johann von Dumreicher, fully Johann Friedrich Freiherr Dumreicher von Österreicher was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Trieste. He was the father of Armand von Dumreicher , a politician known for educational reforms.He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in...

 (1815-1880) at the surgical hospital in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. From 1867 to 1873 he was an assistant to Alfred Hegar (1830-1914) in Freiburg, and later a professor of gynecology and obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

 at the University of Giessen

University of Giessen

The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...

. In 1887 he became an OB/GYN professor at Halle, where he succeeded Robert Michaelis von Olshausen

Robert Michaelis von Olshausen

Robert Michaelis von Olshausen was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Kiel. In 1857 he earned his doctorate from Königsberg, and subsequently was a medical assistant in Berlin and Halle an der Saale...

 (1835-1915).