Otto von Franqué

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Otto von Franqué

Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Paul von Franque (born September 11, 1867 in Würzburg , † April 11, 1937 in Kalkum Castle ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician. He was considered an expert in the field of gynecological pathology.

Life

Otto von Franqué was born in 1867 into a German aristocratic Catholic family. He attended high school in Münnerstadt and Würzburg from 1877 to 1885. He then studied medicine in Wurzburg and Munich , was in Würzburg 1889 PhD and 1890 approved . He received his gynecological training under Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni at the Würzburg University Women's Clinic . In 1899 Franqué completed his habilitation and took over the management of the clinic's laboratory. In 1901 he was appointed adjunct professor. In 1902 he was appointed to the chair of Charles University in Prague . Until 1907 he was head of the university women's clinic there. He then moved to the Ludwig University of Giessen as director of the University Women's Clinic , where he worked until 1912.

In 1912 he succeeded Heinrich Fritsch at the University of Bonn . His students included Walther Haupt , Harald Siebke , Hans Hinselmann , Werner Bickenbach and Heinrich Martius . 1916/1917 he was dean of the medical faculty . On October 18, 1922, he took up the position of rector of the university. He gave a lecture on the consequences of the war and post-war era for mother and child. In 1922/23 it gained political importance during the French occupation of the Rhineland . When the university was threatened with closure, he resigned from his position as rector. After the French had left in February 1926, he gave a speech in the arcade courtyard of the university. Franqué was the 20th President of the German Society for Gynecology and headed its 20th Congress in Bonn in 1927 . In 1926 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Franqué belonged to the German People's Party until 1932 and to the “Stahlhelm” until 1934 . He resigned from the DVP when they voted to ban the SA and SS . However, he did not join the NSDAP or NS associations. In 1933 he made it possible for Robert Brühl from the Göttingen University Women's Clinic to switch to Bonn as a lecturer after he had been banned from teaching in Göttingen. On September 20, 1934 Otto von Franqué resigned from the Old Catholic Church and has been without a denomination ever since. On August 1, 1935, he was retired . Before that, however, Felix von Mikulicz-Radecki , who was a full professor at the Albertus University in Königsberg at the time , had already appeared at the clinic on March 7, 1935 to examine the clinic, as he had received a call to the chair however, he ultimately refused. Otto von Franqué had not been informed of this.

Franqué had been married to Erna Prym (April 8, 1883 - October 23, 1973) since 1902, whose father, Friedrich Emil Fritz Prym , was a mathematician and professor at the University of Würzburg . From this marriage there were six children. Otto von Franqué died in 1937 at the age of 69.

Fonts

  • Leukoplakia and Carcinoma vaginae et uteri. Z birth 60 (1907), 237
  • The incipient cervical cancer and the ways in which cervical cancer spreads. Z Birth 44 (1901), 173
  • Anatomy. Histogenesis and anatomical diagnosis of uterine carcinoma. In: Johann Veit , Walter Stoeckel (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Gynäkologie. Bergmann Verlag, Munich 1930

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personal data
SURNAME Franqué, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franqué, Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Paul from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1937
Place of death Düsseldorf-Kalkum