Ernst Fränkel, Ernst Fraenkel (5 May 1844, in
Breslau – 19 March 1921) German
physician
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(
gynecologist
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). He was the nephew of
Ludwig F. Fränkel (1806–1872), German physician.
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He studied medicine at the universities of Berlin
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, Vienna
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, and Breslau (M.D.
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1866). He took part in the Austro-Prussian war
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in 1866 and in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870–1871 as assistant surgeon
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. In 1872 he established himself as physician, especially as accoucheur
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and gynecologist, in his native town. In 1873 he became ''privatdozent
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'' at the Breslau University, and in 1893 honorary professor
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. He took an active part in the politics
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and government
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of the city, and in 1903 was elected alderman
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of Breslau.
Fränkel wrote several essays for the medical journals, among which are:
* "Diagnose und Operative Behandlung der Extrauterinschwangerschaft," in Volkmann's "Sammlung Klinischer Vorträge," 1882;
* "Die Appendicitis in Ihren Beziehungen zur Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Wochenbett, ib. 1898
He is also the author of:
* "Tagesfragen der Operativen Gynäkologie," Vienna and Leipzig, 1896;
* "Die Allgemeine Therapie der Krankheiten der Weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane," in Eulenburg's "Handbuch der Allgemeinen Therapie und der Therapeutischen Methodik," Berlin and Vienna, 1898–1899
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(about Ludwig F. F., German)
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Bibliography
* Pagel, '' Biographisches Lexikon'', s.v.
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German gynaecologists