Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch (16 March 1788 – 15 March 1858) was a German obstetrician born in Marburg. In 1806 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Marburg, becoming an associate professor of

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in 1814. In 1817 he was appointed professor of

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at Marburg, where from 1820 to 1829 he was director of the department of obstetrics. In 1829 he succeeded Adam Elias von Siebold (1775-1828) as professor and director of the obstetrics clinic at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, serving as university

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in 1835/36. He would remain as director of the obstetrical clinic in Berlin until his death. Among his better known students in Berlin were

Carl Siegmund Franz Credé Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (23 December 1819 – 14 March 1892) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician born in Berlin. In 1842 he received his doctorate from the University of Berlin. In 1852 he became director of the "Berlin School of Mid ...

(1819-1892),

Karl von Hecker Karl Hecker (8 May 1827 – 14 December 1882) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician born in Berlin. He was the only son of medical historian Justus Hecker (1795–1850). He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris an ...

(1827-1882) and

Bernhard Sigmund Schultze Bernhard Sigmund Schultze; sometimes spelled Bernhard Sigismund Schultze (29 December 1827 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 17 April 1919) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. He was a younger brother to anatomist Max Schultze (1825–1874 ...

(1827-1919). Following his death, he was succeeded in Berlin by

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(1809-1875). During his career he was an editor of the following journals; ''Gemeinsame Zeitschrift für Geburtskunde'' (1825–34), ''Neue Zeitschrift für Geburtskunde'' (1834-53) and ''Monatsschrift für Geburtskunde'' (1853–58).

Selected publications

* ''Lehrbuch der Geburtskunde'' (1829); several editions - Textbook of obstetrics. * ''Die theoretische und practische geburtskunde durch abbildungen erläutert'', (1838) - Theoretical and practical obstetrics explained through pictures. * ''Das Geschlechtsleben des Weibes in physiologischer, pathologischer und therapeutischer Hinsicht'', five volumes (1839–44) - Female sexuality based on physiological, pathological and therapeutic aspects. * ''Atlas geburtshülflicher Abbildungen, mit Bezugnahme auf das Lehrbuch der Geburtskunde'', (1841) * ''Handbuch der Geburtskunde in alphabetischer Ordnung'', four volumes w/A. Moser (1840–43) - Handbook of obstetrics, alphabetically.

References

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.'' German obstetricians People from Marburg Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Presidents of the Humboldt University of Berlin 1788 births 1858 deaths {{Germany-med-bio-stub