Franz von Winckel

Franz Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Winckel (June 5, 1837 - December 31, 1911) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Berleburg. In 1860 he received his medical doctorate from Berlin, and in 1864 became a professor of gynecology in Rostock. In 1872 he became director of the "Königlichen Landesentbindungsschule" in Dresden, and from 1883 until 1907 was director of the "Frauenklinik" at the University of Munich.

Franz von Winckel was the first president of the "Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe" (German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics). His name is lent to "Winckel's disease", which is a fatal disease of newborns that is sometimes referred to as epidemic hemoglobinuria, and also to a birthing procedure known as the "Wigand-Martin-Winckel-Handgriff".

Selected writings

* "Die Krankheiten der weiblichen Harnröhre und Blase" (Diseases of the Female Urethra and Bladder); 1877
* "Die Pathologie der weiblichen Sexual-Organe" (Pathology of the Female Sex Organs) Hirzel, Leipzig 1881.
* "Handbuch der Geburtshülfe" (Handbook of Obstetrics) 3 Bd., Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1903–1907.

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.aerztlichepraxis.de/rw_4_Lexikon_HoleEintrag_55638_Eintrag.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DWinckel%2BWigand%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Translated article on the Wigand-Martin-Winckel-Handgriff]
* [http://www.neonatology.org/classics/mj1980/ch02.html Perspectives of Neonatology]