Johann Klein (25 March 1788 – 11 April 1856) was professor of

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at the

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and at the

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. Johann Baptist Chiari was his son-in-law. In Vienna, he was succeeded by professor Carl Braun in 1856. In the maternity clinic at the

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there was a position as assistant to professor Klein. The position was held by: * Eduard Lumpe * Franz Breit, 1843?–1847 (except 1 July 1846 – 20 October 1846, when Semmelweis was ''Assistent'') *

Ignaz Semmelweis Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (; hu, Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp ; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist, who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "saviour of mothers", he discovered that t ...

, 1847–1849 * Carl Braun, 1849–1853 It was normal to grant the ''Assistent'' a two-year extension; indeed both Breit and Braun were granted extensions, Semmelweis was not however. Klein seems to have felt threatened by the younger members of the faculty, and he opposed both Semmelweis and his theories, specifically, Klein advocated the idea that physicians' hands could not transmit disease to their patients.

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1788 births 1856 deaths Austrian obstetricians Academic staff of the University of Salzburg Academic staff of the University of Vienna {{austria-academic-bio-stub