Heinrich Max Runge (21 September 1849, in

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

– 27 July 1909, in

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) was a German obstetrician and

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. He studied medicine at the universities of

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and

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, where in 1875 he received his doctorate. In 1879 he obtained his

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at Berlin under the sponsorship of

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 1883 he became a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Dorpat, and five years later relocated as a professor to

, where on three occasions he served as dean at the university.Runge, Heinrich Max
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, , S. 264. He was the author of influential textbooks on both obstetrics and gynecology. The focus of his research included hot water therapy for

uterine atony Uterine atony is the failure of the uterus to contract adequately following delivery. Contraction of the uterine muscles during labor compresses the blood vessels and slows flow, which helps prevent hemorrhage and facilitates coagulation. Therefor ...

, treatment of

puerperal fever Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than , chills, lower ab ...

, fetal disease,

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infections and

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Selected works

* ''Die Krankheiten der ersten Lebenstage'', 1885 – Diseases of the first days of life. * ''Lehrbuch der Geburtshülfe'', 1891 – Textbook of obstetrics * ''Lehrbuch der Gynäkologie'', 1902 – Textbook of gynecology.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

1849 births 1909 deaths Physicians from Szczecin Academic staff of the University of Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Tartu University of Strasbourg alumni German gynaecologists German obstetricians {{Germany-med-bio-stub