Friedrich Benjamin Osiander (9 February 1759,

Zell unter Aichelberg Zell unter Aichelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geographical location Between Stuttgart and Ulm, on the western edge of the district Göppingen, lies the municipality of Zell unter ...

– 25 May 1822,

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

) was an

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 ...

, who invented uterine traction

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. He was the father of obstetrician

Johann Friedrich Osiander Johann Friedrich Osiander (2 February 1787 in Kirchheim unter Teck – 10 February 1855) was an obstetrician at Göttingen, who published a prize essay in 1808 on nerves of the uterus titled ''Commentatio anatomico-physiologica, qua edisseretur ut ...

. He studied medicine at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

, and following graduation (1779), settled as a general practitioner in

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck ( Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately ...

. In 1792 he became an associate professor of obstetrics at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

Principal works

* ''Lehrbuch der Hebammenkunst : sowohl zum Unterricht angehender Hebammen als zum Lesebuch für jede Mutter'', 1796 - Textbook of

midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

. * ''Neue Denkwürdigkeiten für Aerzte und Geburtshelfer'', 1797 - New memorandum for physicians and obstetricians. * ''Handbuch der Entbindungskunst'', 1818 - Handbook of obstetrics.OCLC Classify
(publications)

References

Early American Manual Therapy, accessed 30 May 2008) 1759 births 1822 deaths German medical researchers Academic staff of the University of Göttingen University of Tübingen alumni People from Göppingen (district) {{Germany-med-bio-stub