Friedrich Ludwig Meissner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Ludwig Meissner

German obstetrician

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1796

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1860

Profession: university teacher, pediatrician, gynaecologist, obstetrician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (25 August 1796, Leipzig – 4 December 1860) was a German obstetrician, gynecologist and pediatrician. He studied medicine in Leipzig, earning his PhD in 1819.
From 1821 he taught classes at the University of Leipzig, becoming a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in 1831.
In 1838 he founded an obstetrics clinic. In 1856 he provided possibly the first account of long QT syndrome (LQTS), of which he described a case where a deaf girl collapsed and died while being publicly scolded at school.