Carl Braun von Fernwald
Carl Braun , from 1872 Braun Ritter von Fernwald (born March 22, 1822 in Zistersdorf (east of Vienna), Lower Austria; † March 28, 1891 in Vienna ; also Karl von Braun-Fernwald or Karl Ritter Braun von Fernwald ) was an Austrian obstetrician and gynecologist .
Life
Carl Braun was the son of a doctor and studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1841 to 1846 . After graduating, Braun was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. From 1849 to 1853 he was Ignaz Semmelweis's successor as assistant to Johann Klein at the I. Obstetric University Clinic in Vienna. He completed his habilitation in 1853 and became a professor at the midwifery college in Trento .
In 1856 he became a full professor in Vienna and head of the First Obstetric University Clinic. In 1866/67 and 1870/71 he was dean and 1868/69 rector of the University of Vienna .
In 1877 he was appointed court counselor and in 1872 with the nobility title "von Fernwald" raised to knighthood .
In 1877 the Braungasse in Vienna- Hernals was named after him; In 1894 a portrait relief by Theodor Charlemont was unveiled in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna .
Carl Braun Ritter von Fernwald is the grandfather of the opera singer Jella Braun-Fernwald .
Fonts
- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology . Together with Johann Baptist Chiari and Joseph Späth . Erlangen 1855.
- Obstetrics textbook with consideration of the puerperal process and the surgical technique. Vienna 1857.
- Gynecology textbook. 2nd edition, Vienna 1881.
Remarks
- ↑ According to the obituary , he died at the age of 69; the year of birth, often given as 1823 , is therefore incorrect.
- ↑ Werner E. Gerabek : Braun, Carl Ritter von Fernwald. In: Werner E. Gerabek, Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 207.
literature
- Braun, Carl Ritter von Fernwald. Pagel: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna 1901, col. 229-231.
- Franz von Winckel: Braun von Fernwald, Carl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 196-198.
- Leopold Schönbauer: Braun von Fernwald, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 558 ( digitized version ).
- Braun-Fernwald Karl von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 109.
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 446.
- Brown and Brown by Fernwald. In: Wiener Genealogisches Taschenbuch 1926, pp. 24-27.
Web links
- Carl Braun in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- † Karl v. Braun-Fernwald. In: Neue Freie Presse , March 28, 1891, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
- Obituary. In: Neue Freie Presse , March 29, 1891, p. 22 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braun von Fernwald, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braun-Fernwald, Karl von; Ritter Braun von Fernwald, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zistersdorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1891 |
| Place of death | Vienna |