professor for gynecology in Graz, Prokop Rokitansky (1842 – 24 August 1928), became professor for internal medicine and rector of the University of Innsbruck. Memberships of international learned societies and honors Rokitansky became Member of: the Imperial-Royal College of Physicians, Vienna the Academy of Sciences, Paris the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1856) the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians, Heidelberg the Society of Physical Medicine of the Lower Rhine the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm the Society of Swedish Physicians, Stockholm the Royal College of Physicians, Copenhagen Corresponding Member of: the Académie des Sciences zu Paris(1870) the New York Academy of Medicine the Society of Biology, Paris the Royal College of Physicians in Pesth the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, later the British Medical Association the Medical Association, Munich the Association of the Medical Officials of the Grand Duchy of Baden for the Promotion of State Pharmacology of the Rhenish Society of Natural Sciences, Mainz Honorary member of: the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London the Anatomical Society, Paris the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, St Petersburg the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston the Society of German Physicians of New York City the Faculty of Medicine in Prague the Society of General Practitioners in Lemberg the Society of Medicine in Strasbourg the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians the Society for Natural History and Medical Science in Dresden the Hufeland Society the General Austrian Apothecaries' Association Honours: Knight of the Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph (1853) Knight of the Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer (1851) Imperial-Austrian Grand Medal for Science and Arts (1847) Commander's Cross of the Imperial-Royal Austrian Order of Leopold (1874) Commander's Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus (1861) Officer's Cross of the Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer (1864) Grand Cross of the Mexican Imperial Order of Guadeloupe (1865) Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1874) Honorary Diplomas of the: Faculty of Medicine, Prague (1874) Faculty of Philosophy, Jena (1861) University of Cracow (1874) Contributions Rokitansky's name is associated with the following diseases/morphologic features of disease: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Müllerian agenesis (aka "Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome") Rokitansky's diverticulum Rokitansky's triad (pulmonary stenosis) Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (in the gallbladder) Rokitansky-Cushing ulcer Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome Von Rokitansky's syndrome Rokitansky nodule – teratomas Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (levo-Transposition of the