Lazar C. Margulies
Lazar C. Margulies (* 1895 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary , now Poland , † March 7, 1982 in New York City ) was an American gynecologist and obstetrician .
Margulies was born in the Austro-Hungarian Galicia. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna , interrupted by military service in the Joint Army in the First World War . After completing his studies in 1921, he continued his education in gynecology and obstetrics. As a Jewish doctor he later had to leave the hospital and emigrated to the United States in 1941 . There he worked from 1954 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, where he was appointed Associate Professor nine years later .
Lazar is considered a pioneer in family planning involving intrauterine devices . His boss, Alan Guttmacher, who used to be critical of intrauterine contraception , encouraged Margulies to further develop the intrauterine device developed by Ernst Graefenberg , who also worked at the house . In 1958 he developed an IUD based on a thermoplastic polymer, for which he was granted a patent in 1965 . Due to its shape, this IUD gave its name to the colloquial term "spiral". It was sold by the manufacturer Ortho Pharmaceutical Company under the brand name Gynecoil.
Lazar Margulies died in 1982 at the age of 87 as a result of a cerebral haemorrhage. He was married to Kitty Herrmann and had three children.
literature
- M. Thiery: Pioneers of the intrauterine device. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 2 (1997), 15–23, reprint (PDF document; 2 MB)
Web links
- Obituary in the New York Times, March 10, 1982
- Margulie's spiral in the Museum of Contraception and Abortion
Individual evidence
- ^ M. Thiery: Pioneers of the intrauterine device. In: European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care Vol. 2, 1997, pp. 15-23.
- ^ LC Margulies: Intrauterine contraception: A new approach. In: Obstetrics & Gynecology . Vol. 24, 1964 pp. 515-520.
- ↑ United States Patent US3200815: Coil spring intra-uterine contraceptive device and method of using
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Margulies, Lazar C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margulies, Lazar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gynecologist and obstetrician of Austro-Hungarian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1982 |
| Place of death | New York City |