- Enoch Heinrich Kisch
Enoch Heinrich Kisch (
May 6 ,1841 - 1918) was an Austrian balneologist andgynecologist who was a native ofPrague . He was a brother to Alexander Kisch (1848-1917), a noted rabbi and author.He studied medicine in
Prague , and in 1863 began work as a balneologist inMarienbad , where he was instrumental in developing the site as a popularspa and resort. In 1867 he was appointed lecturer at Prague, and in 1884 became an associate professor inbalneotherapy at the University.From 1868 Kisch was an editor of the "Allgemeine Balneologische Zeitung" (General Balneological Newspaper). He also provided information on balneotherapeutics to the "System of Physiologic Therapeutics", a publication based in
Philadelphia . In addition tobalneology , he performed extensive research in the fields ofgynecology andfemale sexuality . One of his better known books was translated into English in 1910 with the title "The Sexual Life of Woman in Its Physiological, Pathological and Hygienic Aspects".Selected publications
* "Ueber den Einfluss der Fettleibigkeit auf die Weiblichen Sexualorgane", Prague, 1873
* "Das Climacterische Alter der Frauen und die Behandlungen der Leiden der Menopause", Erlangen, 1874
* "Handbuch der Allgemeinen und Speciellen Balneotherapie", (Textbook of General and Special Balneotherapy), Vienna, 1875
* "Die Lipomatosis Universalis", ib. 1888
* "Grundriss der Klinischen Balneotherapie", (Outline of Clinical Balneotherapy), ib. 1897
* "Uterus und Herz", (Uterus and Heart), ib. 1898
* "Das Geschlechtsleben des Weibes in physilogischer, pathologischer und hygienischer Beziehung", (The Sexual Life of Woman in Its Physiological, Pathological and Hygienic Aspects)
* "Die sexuelle Untreue der Frau". Zweiter Teil: "Das feile Weib. Eine sozialmedizinische Studie", 1917References
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=245&letter=K Jewish Encyclopedia, Biography]
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