Heinrich Martius
Heinrich Martius (born January 2, 1885 in Berlin , † February 17, 1965 in Göttingen ) was a German gynecologist and university professor .
Life
Heinrich Martius was born the son of Friedrich Martius (1850–1923), a German internist . During his studies he became a member of the Teutonia Freiburg fraternity in 1904 .
As a student of the gynecologist Otto von Franqué (1867–1937) in Bonn, Heinrich Martius was appointed full professor at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and director of the University Women's Clinic in Göttingen in 1926. He led the clinic to a new expansion until 1954, despite the difficult economic situation in the following years. His successor was Heinz Kirchhoff . Martius was one of the most prominent representatives of gynecology and obstetrics in Göttingen and is still known beyond the country's borders.
In the time of National Socialism he was considered a “quarter Jew” according to the National Socialist racial ideology , but was not dismissed as a university lecturer because of his participation as a combatant in the First World War . On August 19, 1934, he was one of the signatories of the appeal for German scientists behind Adolf Hitler , which was printed in the Völkischer Beobachter . During the Second World War he was on the advisory board of the German Society for Constitutional Research .
From 1949 to 1951 Martius was President of the German Society for Gynecology (DGGG) and organized its congress in Bad Pyrmont in 1951 . He was also President of the German Society for Combating Cancer . In 1953 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
His skills as an obstetrician gave him wide popularity. Martius reduced obstetric operations to a minimum because he was convinced that childbirth was a physiological process created by nature, which should not be interfered with without special reason.
His most important students include Werner Bickenbach , Günter Oehlert , Gerhard Schubert , Richard Kepp and Wichard von Massenbach . His son Gerhard Martius (1924–1998) was also a gynecologist and in 1967 became a professor at the University Women's Clinic in Munich.
Honors
Martius was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1953 . In 1961 he received the Paracelsus Medal . The DGGG made him an honorary member .
literature
- Werner Bickenbach : Professor Heinrich Martius on his 70th birthday. DMW 80 (1955), 1
- Werner Bickenbach: Heinrich Martius. DMW 90 (1965), 1025-1026
- Manfred Stürzbecher: Martius, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 313 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans Ludwig: Heinrich Martius (1885–1965) - versatile as a researcher, concise as a teacher, sympathetic as a doctor, quiet and effective as a boss. Der Gynäkologe 39 (2006), 1003-1008, doi : 10.1007 / s00129-006-1910-6
- John L. Powell: Powell's Pearls: Heinrich Martius, MD (1885-1965). J Pelv Med Surg 15 (2009), 157-158, doi : 10.1097 / SPV.0b013e3181858323
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Martius in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 323.
- ↑ a b c d e Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945? Fischer TB, second update Edition, Frankfurt 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 393.
- ^ A b Hans Ludwig , Walter Jonat : German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics - From Program to Embassy. A short history (1886-2008) of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics reviewing its 57 congresses. 2nd edition 2008. German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, ISBN 3-00-009676-0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martius, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1965 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |