Walther Schmitt
Walther Schmitt (born September 25, 1888 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , † December 11, 1931 in Essen ) was a German gynecologist and university professor.
Life
Walther Schmitt attended the humanistic grammar school in Würzburg. He then studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Munich. In 1908 he became a member of Corps Moenania in Würzburg . After completing his studies and doing military service as a one-year voluntary doctor and participating in the First World War, most recently as senior physician in the reserve, he became an assistant doctor in the Würzburg University Women's Clinic in 1919 with Max Hofmeier and later Carl Joseph Gauß . In 1921 he completed his habilitation in Würzburg for obstetrics and gynecology. In 1925 he was appointed associate professor there. In 1929 he was appointed chief physician of the obstetric and gynecological department at the Elisabeth Hospital in Essen.
Awards
During the First World War, Walther Schmitt was awarded the following medals:
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
- Bavarian Order of Military Merit 4th class with swords
- Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross 2nd and 1st class
Fonts
- On the histology of salpingitis chronica , 1913
- About narcylene stunning , 1925
- Chronic tetanus
- Bacterial flora of the vaginal secretion
- Postpartum deaths from non-puerpural sepsis
- Schematic permanent sleep
- Prevention of puerperal plumage
- Birth control in the narrow pelvis
- Abortion Treatment
- Surgical treatment of uterine carcinoma
- Radiation treatment of uterine cancer
- Physiology of the placenta vessels
- Regulation of blood circulation in the placenta
- Regulation of the fetal gas exchange
- Movement of blood in the placenta and umbilical cord
- Treatment of dysmenorrhea and sterility
- Radiation treatment and offspring
- Termination of pregnancy in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
- On the importance of intranterine respiratory movements in the fetus
- Physiology of the pregnant uterus
- Biological basis of gynecological radiation therapy
- Possible uses of organ irradiation in gynecology
literature
- Schmitt, Walther. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , pp. 1669-1670.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitt, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1931 |
| Place of death | eat |