Carl Siegmund Franz Credé
Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (born December 23, 1819 in Berlin , † March 14, 1892 in Leipzig ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician . From 1856 to 1887, Credé headed the Leipzig University Women's Clinic . It went down in medical history through the introduction of Credé prophylaxis in newborns. The Credé handle was named after him.
Life
Credé studied medicine in Berlin and Heidelberg from 1838, received his doctorate in Berlin in 1842 and completed his habilitation in 1850. In 1852 he took over the position of director of the Berlin midwifery school and the gynecological department of the Berlin Charité . In 1856 he moved to Leipzig, where he was appointed professor of obstetrics. He was one of the first doctors to introduce the disinfection of hands by means of chlorinated lime, as propagated by Ignaz Semmelweis , to protect against puerperal fever . He also promoted gynecological surgical methods and set up a gynecological clinic at the medical faculty of the University of Leipzig . Under his leadership, this clinic acquired the reputation of one of the most modern teaching institutes for obstetrics and gynecology in Germany.
In addition to his theoretical and practical work as a doctor and professor, Credé was editor-in-chief of the monthly for obstetrics and gynecology from 1853 and of the archive for gynecology, which appeared from 1870 . He was also one of the initiators of the German Society for Gynecology, founded in 1885 .
Publications
- Clinical lectures on obstetrics. 2 departments. Hirschwald, Berlin 1853/54 ( digitized version; therein on the “Credé handle” pp. 599–603).
- Preventing Eye Inflammation in Newborns. In: Archives for Gynecology. Vol. 17, H. 1, February 1881, pp. 50-53, DOI: 10.1007 / BF01977793 .
- About warming devices for premature and frail young children. In: Archives for Gynecology. Vol. 24, H. 1, February 1884, pp. 128-147, DOI: 10.1007 / BF01837427
literature
- Wilhelm Katner: Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 403 ( digitized version ).
- Pioneering scientists: Franz Credé - gynecologist with many merits , in: Dresdner Latest News, 3./4. August 2013
Web links
- Carl Siegmund Franz Credé in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of the courses taught by Carl Siegmund Franz Credé at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1857 to summer semester 1887)
- Cornelia Becker: Credé, Carl (Karl) Siegmund Franz . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Who named it? Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (English)
- Perinatal lessons from the past: Dr Carl Credé (1819–1892) and the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum (English)
- Neonatology on the web: Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Credé, Carl Sigismund Franz. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Encyclopedia Medical History. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 277.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist and obstetrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1892 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |