Ernst Graefenberg

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Ernst Graefenberg (born September 26, 1881 in Adelebsen near Göttingen , † October 28, 1957 in New York ) was a German gynecologist and the first to describe the female G-spot .

Life

Ernst Graefenberg was the youngest son of Salomon Graefenberg, who ran a hardware store in Adelebsen. After attending elementary school in Adelebsen, Ernst moved to what is now the Max Planck Gymnasium in Göttingen in 1892 , where he passed the school leaving examination at Easter 1900. Graefenberg studied medicine in Göttingen and Munich . He received his doctorate on March 10, 1905 in Göttingen with a thesis on the development of the bones, muscles and nerves of the hand and the muscles of the upper arm intended for the movements of the hand . His work was awarded the Petsche Foundation Prize.

After receiving his doctorate, he worked for a short time at the Eye Clinic of the University of Würzburg , before moving to the University Women's Clinic in Kiel that same year . There he became a pupil of Richard Werth and from 1908 of Johannes Pfannenstiel . During his time in Kiel he published work on egg installation and the spread of cancer through the bloodstream (Graefenberg theory). After moving to Berlin in 1910 , he worked as the chief physician of the gynecological - obstetrical department at the hospital in Berlin-Britz and opened his own clinic in Schöneberg .

Ernst Graefenberg took part in the First World War as a volunteer . As a medical officer, he received the Iron Cross, second and first class. After the end of the First World War, he returned to his practice in Berlin. In 1921 he married Rosa Goldschmidt (born July 24, 1898 in Mannheim ). The childless marriage was “divorced by mutual consent due to disharmony” in 1924. Rosa later married Dr. Franz Ullstein, the son of Leopold Ullstein , and in third marriage, Armin Wolrad Graf von Waldeck . She became known as a writer under the name Rosie Waldeck .

In 1933, as a Jew, Graefenberg was relieved of his position like other chief physicians, and in 1939 his doctorate was revoked (and only reassigned in 1954). Despite many warnings, he felt safe in Berlin until he was arrested in 1937 for allegedly smuggling foreign currency and stamps. Graefenberg was initially in custody in Berlin's Moabit prison. After being sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 199,000 Reichsmarks , he was imprisoned in Brandenburg-Görden prison until 1940 . After his release in 1940, he was able to travel to California via Siberia and Japan through the sale of his property and the support of domestic and foreign friends who paid a large ransom for him through the US embassy, ​​in particular Margaret Sanger . He died in New York on October 28, 1957 .

Research and work

Graefenberg is known for his studies of the female sexual organs , especially with regard to the orgasm . The Graefenberg-Zone (G-Punkt) and the Graefenberg-Ring (a ring wrapped with silver wire which, like the IUD , is inserted into the uterus for contraception ) are named after him. Among other things, Graefenberg also developed the first ovulation test . He also did research on female ejaculation .

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  1. ↑ Ralf Bröer: The inventor of the spiral was arrested as a "stamp smuggler" , in: Ärzte-Zeitung 22 (2003), 178, p. 15.
personal data
SURNAME Graefenberg, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and first person to describe the female G-spot
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelebsen near Göttingen
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1957
Place of death new York