Eduard Lumpe (obstetrician)

Eduard Lumpe (1813-1876) [Birth and death years retrieved in a cached Google search from a German antiquaritat für Medizin and should be confirmed (http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:8lnl47bKQ2wJ:www.medicusbooks.com/shop/USER_ARTIKEL_HANDLING_AUFRUF.php%3Fdarstellen%3D1%26PEPPERSESS%3D7335fc792f4959f8b872b0758b6ea266%26Kategorie_ID%3D23022%26anzeigen_ab%3D640%26anzahl_total%3D787%26sort%3D%26order%3D%26level%3D0%26kategorie_0%3D0%26print%3Dtrue+Zur+Theorie+der+Pueperalfieber&hl=da&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk)] was an obstetrician working in Vienna General Hospital as assistant to professor Johann Klein. He is mainly known for compiling a list of causes for childbed fever in 1845, reflecting the (in retrospect: limited) insights at the time. The disease was predominantly epidemic, i.e. due to miasmatic influences. Other causal factors included: general deprivation, worry, shame, attempted abortion, fear of death, dietary disorders, exposure to cold, local miasmas and difficult delivery [Semmelweis 1861:13-14] . Ignaz Semmelweis ridiculed Lumpe's work.

Lumpe's work reflected mainstream views, see for instance the work of Charles Delucena Meigs [Meigs(1854):179ff ] for a similar American account in 1854.

References

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title = Die Leistungen der neuesten Zeit in der Gynäkologie
journal = Zeitschrift der k.k. Gesellschaft der Ärzte zu Wien
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pages = 341-371
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date = 1845
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title = On the Nature, Signs, and Treatment of Childbed Fevers: In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Students of His Class
publisher = Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia
date = 1854
location = Original from Harvard University (Digitized Nov 30, 2007), Retrieved Sep 1, 2008
pages = 362 pages
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RigSAAAAYAAJ
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