Justus Heinrich Wigand
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Justus Heinrich Wigand was a German obstetrician who was a native of Reval
.
Wigand studied medicine
at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he was a physician in Hamburg
, and afterwards lived in Heidelberg
, Schwetzingen
and Mannheim
.
He is remembered for introducing an assisted breech delivery procedure known as the "Wigand maneuver". His best known written work, Die Geburt des Menschen was published posthumously in 1820.
Tallinn
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Wigand studied medicine
Medicine
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at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he was a physician in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, and afterwards lived in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen
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and Mannheim
Mannheim
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He is remembered for introducing an assisted breech delivery procedure known as the "Wigand maneuver". His best known written work, Die Geburt des Menschen was published posthumously in 1820.
Selected publications
- Von den Ursachen und der Behandlung der Nachgeburtszögerungen, 1803
- Drey den medicinischen Facultäten zu Paris und Berlin zur Prüfung übergebene geburtshülfliche Abhandlungen, 1812
- Die Geburt des Menschen in physiologisch- diätetischer und pathologisch- therapeutischer Beziehung, grösstentheils nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Versuchen dargestellt, 1820