Eduard Arnold Martin (22 April 1809,

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

– 5 December 1875,

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) was a German

obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

and

gynecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

. He was the father of medic Carl Eduard Martin (1838-1907),

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Ernst Eduard Martin (1841-1910) and obstetrician

August Eduard Martin August Eduard Martin (14 July 1847, Jena – 26 November 1933, Berlin) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. His father, Eduard Arnold Martin (1809–1875), was also a specialist in OB/GYN. He studied medicine at the universities of Je ...

(1847-1933). Initially a student of law, he later studied medicine at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

(1830–31), where his instructors included

Maximilian Joseph von Chelius Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (16 January 1794 – 17 August 1876) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist born in Mannheim. Chelius received his medical doctorate in 1812 at the University of Heidelberg, and afterwards worked as both a civilia ...

and

Franz Naegele Franz Karl Naegele (7 December 1778 – 21 January 1851) was a German obstetrician born in Düsseldorf. His son, Hermann Franz Naegele (1801–1851), was also a noted obstetrician. He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, a ...

. He then continued his education at the

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, and received his doctorate in 1833 at the

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with the thesis "''De lithogenesi praesertim urinaria''". Following an extended study trip to

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, England and France, he obtained his

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at Jena in 1835.

Julius Leopold Pagel Julius Leopold Pagel (29 May 1851, Pollnow – 30 January 1912, Berlin) was a German physician and historian of medicine. Pagel was educated at the gymnasium at Stolp and at the University of Berlin (M.D. 1875). In 1876 he established himse ...

Martin, Eduard Arnold
In: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 1098–1099

Franz von Winckel Franz Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Winckel (5 June 1837 – 31 December 1911) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Berleburg. In 1860 he received his medical doctorate from Berlin, later becoming a professor of gynecology in ...

Martin, Eduard Arnold
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, S. 489 f. In 1837 he became an associate professor at the University of Jena, where during the following year he was named subdirector of the university maternity hospital. In 1846 he became a full professor as well as director of the maternity hospital. In 1858 he relocated to Berlin as successor to Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch as director of the maternity hospital at the

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. At Berlin he also established a department of gynecology. Among his better known students and assistants were

Robert Michaelis von Olshausen Robert Michaelis von Olshausen (3 July 1835 – 1 February 1915) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. He was born in Kiel and died in Berlin. He was the son of Justus Olshausen (1800–82), a professor of Oriental languages at the Universi ...

and

Adolf Gusserow Adolf Ludwig Sigismund Gusserow (Berlin, 8 July 1836 – Berlin, 8 February 1906) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Berlin. He married Clara Oppenheim (1861–1944), a descendant of Berlin banker Joseph Mendelssohn. Gusserow began his ...

. In 1873 he founded the ''Gynäkologische Gesellschaft'' (Gynecological Society) in Berlin. His "''Hand-Atlas der Gynäkologie und Geburtshülfe''" was later translated into English and published as: "Atlas of obstetrics and gynaecology" (1880).HathiTrust Digital Library
Translated from the 2nd edition of ''Hand-Atlas der Gynäkologie und Geburtshülfe'' (1878, edited by his son August Eduard Martin).

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