Franz Breit (obstetrician)
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Franz Breit was an obstetrician and assistant to professor Johann Klein
of the maternity clinic at the Vienna General Hospital
in Austria
. He was appointed to professor and Chair of Obstetrics at University of Tübingen on 20 March 1847 allowing Ignaz Semmelweis
to become Assistant to the professor. Franz Breit succeeded Eduard Lumpe
as assistant to professor Klein.
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Johann Klein
Johann Klein was Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Salzburg and at the University of Vienna. Johann Baptist Chiari was his son-in-law. In Vienna, he was succeeded by professor Carl Braun in 1856....
of the maternity clinic at the Vienna General Hospital
Vienna General Hospital
The Vienna General Hospital is the University medical center of the city of Vienna, Austria. The AKH is the largest hospital of Austria and Europe, the second largest hospital in the world, and at 85-m high is one of the tallest hospital buildings in the world...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. He was appointed to professor and Chair of Obstetrics at University of Tübingen on 20 March 1847 allowing Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "savior of mothers", Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics...
to become Assistant to the professor. Franz Breit succeeded Eduard Lumpe
Eduard Lumpe (obstetrician)
Eduard Lumpe was an obstetrician working in Vienna General Hospital as assistant to professor Johann Klein. He is mainly known for compiling a list of causes for childbed fever in 1845, reflecting the insights at the time. The disease was predominantly epidemic, i.e. due to miasmatic influences...
as assistant to professor Klein.
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