Franz Naegele
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Franz Karl Naegele was a German obstetrician born in Dusseldorf
.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, afterwards opening a medical practice in Barmen
. In 1807 he became an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1810 he was appointed a full professor of obstetrics
.
He is remembered for "Naegele's rule
", a standard method of calculating the due date for a pregnancy
. His name is also lent to "Naegele's obliquity", also known as an anterior asynclytism
.
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, afterwards opening a medical practice in Barmen
Barmen
Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 with four other towns was merged with the city of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. Barmen was the birth-place of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the...
. In 1807 he became an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1810 he was appointed a full professor of obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
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He is remembered for "Naegele's rule
Naegele's rule
Naegele's Rule is a standard way of calculating the due date for a pregnancy. The rule estimates the expected date of delivery by adding one year, subtracting three months, and adding seven days to the first day of a woman's last menstrual period...
", a standard method of calculating the due date for a pregnancy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
. His name is also lent to "Naegele's obliquity", also known as an anterior asynclytism
Asynclitic birth
An asynclitic birth or asynclitism refers to the position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is tilted to the side, causing the fetal head to no longer be in line with the birth canal. Most asynclitism corrects spontaneously in the progress of normal labor...
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Selected publications
- Das weibliche Becken betrachtet in Bezeihung auf seine Stellung und die Richtung seiner Höhle nebst Beyträgen zur Geschichte der Lehre von den Beckenaxen. (1825)
- Uber den Mechanismus der Geburt. translated into English in 1829 as "An essay on the mechanism of parturition".
- Das schräg verengte Becken; nebst einem Anhange über die wichtigsten Fehler des weiblichen Beckens. (1839); translated into English in 1939 as "The obliquely contracted pelvisPelvisIn human anatomy, the pelvis is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the lower limbs .The pelvis includes several structures:...
, containing also an appendix of the most important defects of the female pelvis". - Lehrbuch der Geburtshülfe (1843).