Ernst Navratil

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Ernst Navratil (born October 8, 1902 in Sarajevo , † April 18, 1979 in Graz ) was an Austrian gynecologist .

Life

Navratil was born in Sarajevo as the son of Emmerich Navratil and his wife Juliane . He initially attended elementary school there, but later moved to Graz , where he also completed secondary school. Ernst Navratil studied medicine at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and received his doctorate there in 1927 . From 1924, already during his studies, until 1927 he worked as an assistant at the pharmacological institute of the University of Graz under Otto Loewi . In 1928, after a short period at the Medical University Clinic in Vienna under Karel Frederik Wenckebach , Navratil began his specialist training at the University Women's Clinic in Vienna. Here were Heinrich von Peham , Heinrich Kahr, Isidor Alfred Amreich and Tassilo Antoine his teachers. In 1941 he was awarded the Venia legendi . In 1946, Navratil moved to Graz to temporarily take over the chair for obstetrics and gynecology . He held this position until he was appointed full professor in 1954. In 1960/61 Ernst Navratil was dean of the medical faculty of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. He headed the university women's clinic until his retirement on September 30, 1973. His student Erich Burghardt was appointed as his successor to the chair .

Ernst Navratil died on April 18, 1979 in Graz. He is buried in the St. Leonhard Cemetery.

Act

Ernst Navratil mainly devoted himself to the diagnosis and therapy of cervical cancer and earned a reputation as an excellent surgeon, both in the Wertheim-Meigs operation and in the Schauta-Stoeckel operation . A close friendship connected him to the American gynecologist Joe Vincent Meigs , who after 1945 inspired him to introduce cytology as a diagnostic method for the early detection of cervical cancer . Together with the colposcopy , Navratil coined the term for the search for crab tracks . Together with Erich Burghardt and Fritz Bajardi, Navratil was able to demonstrate the importance of the early stages ( cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and carcinoma in situ ) of cervical carcinoma. Ernst Navratil published 130 articles in specialist journals, 14 book chapters and two scientific films. He was a member of 23 international gynecological specialist societies and was appointed honorary member of several specialist societies.

Fonts

  • The development of surgical methods to remove the carcinomatous uterus. In: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. 60, 1948, pp. 233-238.
  • Results of early diagnosis of cervical cancer at the Gynecological Clinic of the University of Graz. In: Gynecol Prat. 5, 1954, pp. 197-201. PMID 13232482
  • with F. Bajardi and E. Burghardt : Results of diagnosing preclinical carcinoma at the Gynecological University Hospital in Graz. In: Cancer Doctor. 11, 1956, pp. 193-196. PMID 13377637
  • Frequent false diagnoses in gynecology. In: Med Klin. (Munich) 52, 1957, pp. 1-3. PMID 13399760

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of the deans of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz
  2. ^ Communication from the North German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
  3. ↑ Honors ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 346 kB) of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frauenarzt.de
personal data
SURNAME Navratil, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian gynecologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarajevo
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1979
Place of death Graz