Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels

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Friedrich Scanzoni von Lichtenfels

Friedrich Wilhelm Johann Ignaz Scanzoni , from 1863 Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (* December 21, 1821 in Prague ; † June 12, 1891 at Zinneberg Castle near Glonn , Upper Bavaria ), was a German gynecologist and obstetrician.

Life

After studying medicine in Prague, which began in 1838, with Anton Johann Jungmann among others , Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni received his doctorate in medicine and surgery as well as a master's degree in obstetrics there in 1844 and then worked as an assistant and secondary physician at the maternity hospital there. He later became head of the hospital's women's department.

He then headed the obstetric clinic and the chair for obstetrics at the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg for almost 40 years . On August 27, 1850 he married Augusta, noble von Höniger († August 23, 1891 in Schalkhausen near Ansbach).

Following Scanzoni's call, many foreign private patients, including members of the Russian nobility, left the maternity hospital, which was built by Scanzoni in 1856, founded in 1805 by Adam Elias von Siebold and moved from Klinikstrasse 6 (the Welzhaus ) to the neighboring new building at Klinikstrasse 8 in 1857 Würzburg University Women's Clinic give birth to their children (servants and relatives stayed in the hotel "Russischer Hof" at Theaterstrasse 1). He himself was also active as a consultant at the Russian court. He turned down academic calls to Berlin, Vienna and Baden-Baden and stayed in Würzburg. After the winter semester of 1887/1888 he retired for health reasons and spent his retirement at Zinneberg Castle in Upper Bavaria. Max Hofmeier became his successor.

After a long illness, the Councilor or Privy Councilor Scanzoni died and was buried in Zinneberg on June 14, 1891, but later probably exhumed and transferred to his present tomb in Würzburg, where his wife was also buried in August 1891.

The Scanzoni maneuver is named after him with the help of the Scanzoni pliers he developed . One of his students in Würzburg was Otto von Franqué (1867–1937) from 1867 to 1870, the later well-known gynecologist in New York, Paul Fortunatus Munde (1846–1902), son of the lay hydropathist Carl (Gottlieb) Munde (1805– 1887).

He was an opponent of Ignaz Semmelweis' hygiene theses all his life . His resolute action against these and his high reputation among doctors at the time prevented the implementation of Semmelweis's hygiene regulations for a long time.

The later Bavarian artillery general Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (1855-1924) was the eldest of his sons (with his twin brother).

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • The obstetric surgeries. Vienna 1852.
  • About puerperal fever. In: Prague quarterly for practical medicine. 7, 1850, pp. 25-33.
  • Obstetrics textbook. Vienna 1867.

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ute Felbor: Racial Biology and Hereditary Science in the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg 1937–1945 . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-88479-932-0 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Supplement 3.) - At the same time: Dissertation Würzburg 1995), pp. 16-20.
  2. ^ Richard Kraemer: Würzburg physicians 50 years ago. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 5, 1987, pp. 165-172; here: p. 167.
  3. ↑ Ralf Vollmuth, Thomas Sauer: He treated the Russian Empress. The great gynecologist Scanzoni died in 1891. In: Main-Post. Volume 47, No. 133 (dated June 12), 1991, p. 15.
  4. ^ Ralf Vollmuth, Thomas Sauer: The tomb of Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels. Comments on an unresolved issue. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 13, 1995, pp. 521-524.
  5. ↑ Antonia Djakovic, Johannes Dietl : Semmelweis and Scanzoni: "Mr. Hofrath was right for 13 years because I was silent for 13 years" Dtsch Arztebl 2006, 103 (42), p. A-2774 ( online ).
  6. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. 1865, p. 112.
personal data
SURNAME Scanzoni von Lichtenfels, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scanzoni von Lichtenfels, Friedrich Wilhelm Johann Ignaz (full name); Scanzoni, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1891
Place of death Zinneberg Castle near Glonn , Upper Bavaria