- Franz Breit (obstetrician)
Franz Breit (1817–1868) was an obstetrician and assistant to professor
Johann Klein of the maternity clinic at theVienna General Hospital inAustria . He was appointed to professor and Chair of Obstetrics [journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=1032116 ] atUniversity of Tübingen on 20 March 1847 allowingIgnaz Semmelweis to become Assistant to the professor. Franz Breit succeeded Eduard Lumpe as assistant to professor Klein.cite book
last = Benedek
first = István
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title = Semmelweis Krankheit
publisher = Akadémiai Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Alfred Falway)
date = 1983
location = Budapest, Hungary
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isbn = 963 05 3428 2 p 107
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