Franz Kiwisch from Rotterau

Franz Kiwisch from Rotterau

Franz Kiwisch , from 1850 knight of Rotterau (born April 30, 1814 in Klattau , Bohemia, † October 29, 1852 in Prague ), was a Bohemian gynecologist and obstetrician.

Life

Franz Kiwisch, the son-in-law of the physician Ignaz Ritter von Nadherny (1787–1867), studied medicine at the Charles University in Prague from 1832. med. and Dr. chir., assistant at the obstetric clinic and in 1838 secondary doctor at the birthing center. With the physician Franz Freiherr von Pitha (1810–1875) he undertook study trips to France, Germany, Denmark and England in 1840, from 1841 he worked in the medical department of the Bohemian state government in Prague and as a district doctor in Bydzow and Beraun .

In 1842 Kiwisch became a private lecturer in gynecology and ordaining physician at the General Hospital in Prague . After the death of Josef Servas d'Outrepont (1775-1845) he was appointed to his chair for obstetrics at the University of Würzburg in 1845 and was director of the maternity clinic and midwifery school there.

Kiwisch among his colleagues in Würzburg in 1850. Standing from left: Rudolf Virchow , Albert von Koelliker ; seated from left: Joseph von Scherer , Franz Kiwisch von Rotterau, Franz von Rinecker

As the successor to Anton Johann Ritter von Jungmann , he was appointed professor of obstetrics at the University of Prague in 1850.

He was the founder of modern obstetrics through the development of the uterine mirror and the uterine probe.

Works

• Conspectus morborum in clinico medico Pragensi primo semestri anni 1839 tractatorum. Dissertation. 1837.
• The diseases of those who have recently given birth. 2 parts. 1840 f.
• Contributions to the birth science. 2 volumes. 1846/1848.
• Clinical lectures on special pathology and therapy of diseases of the female sex. 3 parts. 1848-1852.
• Birth atlas including the theory of other reproductive processes in the female organism. I. Section: Physiology and Dietetics. F. Enke, Erlangen 1851.
• Articles in trade journals

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kiwisch von Rotterau, Franz Ritter . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, pp. 343–346 ( digitized version ).
• Karl von Hecker :  Kiwisch von Rotterau, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 47-49.
• The German Karl Ferdinand University in Prague. Prague 1899, pp. 323-330.
• Pagel : Kiwisch, Franz . In: Doctors of the 19th century. Berlin / Vienna 1901,  Col. 860–862 .
• August Hirsch : Biographical Lexicon of Outstanding Doctors. Vol. 3, 1962
• Erhart Kahle:  Kiwisch Ritter von Rotterau, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , pp. 695-697 ( digitized version ).
• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum . Vol. II, R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , p. 153 f.
• Ralf Vollmuth : Kiwisch Ritter von Rotterau, Franz. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 754.

Web links

• Franz Kiwisch von Rotterau on whonamedit (English)