Hugo Karl Anton Pernice (November 9, 1829 - December 31, 1901) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was born in Halle an der Saale. He was the son of legal scholar Ludwig Wilhelm Anton Pernice (1799-1861).

Pernice studied at the Universities of Göttingen, Halle, Bonn

University of Bonn

The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...

 and Prague

Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...

. In 1852 he earned his medical doctorate at Halle, where afterwards he remained as an assistant to Anton Friedrich Hohl

Anton Friedrich Hohl

Anton Friedrich Hohl was a German professor of obstetrics who was born in Lobenstein.He studied law at the University of Leipzig, and following graduation opened a law practice in his home town of Lobenstein. In 1824 he was able procure sufficient funds to study medicine...

 (1789-1862). In 1858 he became a professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Greifswald, as well as director of the OB/GYN clinic.

He was an instructor and medical practitioner at Greifswald

Greifswald

Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...

for over 40 years, retiring in 1899. In 1863 he became the first chairman of the Medizinischen Vereins Greifswald (Medical Association of Greifswald).

Selected publications

• Operationum in arte obstetricia examinatio critica et historica (1855)
• Die Geburten mit Vorfall der Extremitäten neben dem Kopfe (1858)
• Ueber den Scheintod Neugeborener und dessen Behandlung mit elektrischen Reizen (1863)