Erich Bracht

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Erich Franz Bracht (1882–1969)

Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (born July 5, 1882 in Berlin ; † May 5, 1969 ) was a German pathologist and gynecologist .

After earning his doctorate, he was an assistant to the pathologist Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942) in Freiburg for several years . Later his interest changed to obstetrics and gynecology , and he worked as a gynecologist in Heidelberg , and later in Kiel under Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel (1862-1909), and finally in Berlin . In Berlin he was a professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin and director of the Charité women's clinic . After the Second World War he worked as a consultant doctor in gynecology and obstetrics in Berlin during the American occupation.

During his time as a pathologist in Freiburg, Bracht made a significant contribution to research into rheumatic myocarditis . In his investigations into this disease, he described the Bracht-Wachter corpuscles named after him, which are perivascular microabscesses in the heart muscle that can be found during acute bacterial endocarditis .

Bracht is also known for the Bracht handle . The Bracht handle is an obstetrics technique to facilitate births from the breech position .

Erich Bracht died in 1969 at the age of 86. His grave is in the Zehlendorf forest cemetery in Berlin.

literature

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 30, Issue 1. Thieme, Stuttgart, New York, NY., 1970, pp. 379, 580.
  • Matthias David, Andreas D. Ebert: Famous gynecologists in Berlin. Mabuse-Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2007 ISBN 3-938-30445-6 , p. 181 ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 632.
personal data
SURNAME Bracht, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bracht, Erich Franz Eugen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pathologist and gynecologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 5th May 1969