Josef Albert Amann (1 July 1866, in

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– 17 October 1919, in

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) was a German

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. His father, Josef Albert Amann (1832–1906), was also a gynecologist. He studied medicine at the University of Munich, where his teachers included

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, Otto Bollinger and

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. For several years he worked as an assistant at the university women's clinic in Munich, receiving his

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in 1892. In 1898 he succeeded his father as head of the second gynecological department at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Munich. In 1905 he became an associate professor at the university.Josef Albert Amann
at Who Named It He held a particular interest in the anatomy and histology of

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. In 1897 he published ''Kurzgefasstes Lehrbuch der mikroskopisch-gynäkologischen Diagnostik'', an influential textbook of microscopic gynecological diagnostics. Also, he is credited with introducing a surgery for creation of an artificial vagina in cases of congenital absence ("Amann's operation").Stedman's Medical Eponyms
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amann, Josef Albert 1866 births 1919 deaths Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German gynaecologists