Ludwig Seitz (physician)

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Ludwig Seitz (around 1930)

Ludwig Alfred Seitz (born May 24, 1872 in Pfaffenhofen an der Roth ; † June 19, 1961 there ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician .

Life

He attended high school near St. Stephan in Augsburg and studied medicine in Munich , Berlin and Heidelberg . During his studies he became a member of the AGV Munich . He completed his 1898 State examination at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , where he was in the same year with a thesis About the influence of syphilis on pregnancy doctorate . After a brief activity in surgery , he was recruited for the women's clinic by Franz von Winckel in 1899. Here he worked initially under von Winckel, later under Albert Döderlein and was appointed senior physician in 1908 .

On April 1, 1910, he was appointed full professor at the University Women's Clinic in Erlangen . He headed the clinic from 1910 to 1921 and then moved to Frankfurt , where he worked with his student and successor Heinrich Guthmann until September 1938. After Hugo Sellheim , Seitz was the 22nd President of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics and headed its congress in Frankfurt am Main in 1931 .

In 1918, Seitz was the last to be appointed Privy Councilor by the Bavarian State Government .

Merits

Seitz made a contribution to the further development of radiation therapy . He developed the basis for radiation therapy for malignant diseases of the female genital organs. Under his leadership, the University Women's Clinic in Erlangen developed into the largest German radiation therapy center of the time. He developed the therapy concept of the so-called Röntgen- Wertheim . He continued his work in Frankfurt am Main with investigations into the radiation therapy treatment of benign diseases as well. Together with Hermann Wintz , he developed the concept of temporary castration and also applied radiation to inflammatory diseases.

Fonts (selection)

  • with J. Halban: Biology and Pathology of Woman. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin and Vienna 1924–1929, 8 volumes.
  • Growth, sex and reproduction. J. Springer, Berlin 1939.
  • In Walter Stoeckel (ed.): Textbook of obstetrics. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1943 (7th edition) and 8th, unchanged edition 1945 (uncensored edition) several chapters:
    • V. Physiological Biology in Pregnancy
      • Population policy on pregnancy and childbirth ( missing in the censored 8th edition (for later editions in revision) )
    • XII. Birth disorders due to pelvic abnormalities
    • XV. The pathological processes in the mother's organism during pregnancy and childbirth (pathological biology)
    • XVI. Pathological behavior of the placenta, the membranes, the umbilical cord and the fetus
  • How can doctors and gynecologists contribute to the prevention of hereditary diseases and to the promotion of genetically healthy offspring? Dt Med Wschr 60 (1934), 546-9
  • Toxicity to pregnancy. In: Reichsärztekammer (Hrsg.): Guidelines for termination of pregnancy and sterility for health reasons. Edited by Hans Stadler. J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1936, pp. 26-49.

Appreciations

Conduct in the time of National Socialism

Like his pupil Wintz in Erlangen, Seitz had forced sterilizations and abortions carried out in the Frankfurt University Women's Clinic during the Nazi era . He is also accused of campaigning for racial hygiene and its implementation. At the 23rd Congress of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics under the direction of Walter Stoeckel in Berlin in 1933 , Seitz finished a series of presentations on the problem of interventions for eugenic reasons with a statement on methods, risks, safety and timing of sterilization as well as the problems the termination of pregnancy in women with hereditary diseases, a measure that was not yet provided for in the newly enacted law to prevent hereditary offspring.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography - University of Erlangen
  2. ↑ a b 75 years of the Northwest German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics - 1909 to 1984. (PDF).
  3. ↑ a b c appreciation of his hometown
  4. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 182.
  5. ↑ a b c Ulrike Kleinert: Radium-Jubel and Röntgen-Wertheim: gynecological radiology at the Frankfurt University Women's Clinic from the beginning until 1938. Georg Olms Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-487-09151-8 .
  6. ↑ a b History of the University Women's Clinic Erlangen
  7. ^ 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 .
  8. ↑ Honors of the DGGG. Frauenarzt 47 (2006), 860-2 ( 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). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frauenarzt.de
  9. ↑ honorary members of BGGF
  10. ↑ List of the bearers of the Goethe plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main .
personal data
SURNAME Seitz, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seitz, Ludwig Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffenhofen an der Roth
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1961
Place of death Pfaffenhofen an der Roth