Heinrich Fritsch (5 December 1844 – 12 May 1915) was a German

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and

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who was a native of

Halle an der Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...

. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and Halle. He became a member of Suevia Tübingen (1865) and the Corps Guestphalia Halle (1866). At the

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he earned his medical doctorate in 1869. Afterwards he remained at Halle as an assistant at the clinic of obstetrics under Robert Michaelis von Olshausen (1835-1915). In 1877 he became an associate professor, and in 1882 was a professor and director of the obstetrical clinic at Breslau. From 1893 to 1910 he was a professor at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

. Fritsch was a highly regarded surgeon and teacher, who is credited for training an entire generation of acclaimed gynecologists, that included physicians such as

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(1862-1909). In 1894 he provided an early description of "

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", and his name is associated with "Fritsch's manipulation", an obstetric compression technique used for controlling bleeding. In 1877, with

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(1847-1925), he founded the gynecological journal ''Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie''.

Selected publications

* ''Die Lageveränderungen der Gebärmutter'', (Position Changes of the Uterus) 1880; In Billroth- Pitha's Handbuch der Allgemeinen und Speciellen Chirurgie. * ''Die Krankheiten der Frauen'', (Diseases of women), 1881; 12th edition, 1910; translated into English, French, Italian, and Russian
''The diseases of women, a manual for physicians and students''
(1883). * ''Grundzüge der Pathologie und Therapie des Wochenbetts'', (Pathological features and treatment of post-natal conditions), 1884; translated into French and Russian. * ''Gerichtsärztliche Geburtshilfe'', (Forensic medical obstetrics), 1901.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fritsch, Heinrich German obstetricians German gynaecologists People from Halle (Saale) Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of the University of Breslau 1844 births 1915 deaths