Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels
Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (21 December 1821 – 12 June 1891) was a German
obstetrician born in Prague, in the Austrian Empire
.
He studied medicine in Prague, and spent most of his professional career as chair of obstetrics (1850–1888) at the University of Würzburg, where he succeeded Franz Kiwisch von Rotterau.[1]
Scanzoni was a leading authority of
pathological anatomy at the University of Würzburg.[2] He was an ardent critic of Ignaz Semmelweis. However, in later years, he became convinced Semmelweis was correct, even if he did not like to admit it.[3]
Associated eponyms
- "Scanzoni maneuver": (Scanzoni forceps technique) A method of applying an obstetrical forceps in order to rotate a fetus.
- "Scanzoni's second os": (pathologic retraction ring) A constriction at the junction of the thinned lower uterine segment with the thick retracted upper uterine segment. This condition results from obstructed labor, and is a sign of threatened rupture of the uterus.[4]
Selected writings
- Die geburtshilflichen Operationen (The obstetrical operation), 1852.
- Beiträge zur Geburtskunde und Gynäkologie (Contribution to obstetrics and gynecology), seven volumes (1854–73).
- Die Krankheiten der weiblichen Brüste und Harnwerkzeuge, second edition 1859.
- Kompendium der Geburtshilfe (Compendium of midwifery), second edition 1861.
- Die chronische Metritis (Chronic metritis), 1863.
- Lehrbuch für Geburtshilfe (Textbook for obstetrics), fourth edition 1867.
- Lehrbuch der Krankheiten der weiblichen Sexualorgane (Textbook on diseases of the female sex organs), fifth edition 1875.[5]
See also
- Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels, his son
References
- ^ Erik E. Hauzman, Semmelweis and his German contemporaries www.ishm2006.hu/abstracts/files/ishmpaper_093.doc (accessed on 5 June 2008)[dead link]
- Who Named It
- ^ Obenchain, Theodore. "Genius Belabored". University of Alabama Press. Archived from the original on 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ Mondofacto Dictionary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Scanzoni's second os
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 17. Leipzig 1909, S. 657 – biography in German
- "This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, whose sources include: ADB:Scanzoni von Lichtenfels, Friedrich Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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