Gustav Adolf Michaelis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gustav Adolf Michaelis

German obstetrician

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1798

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1848

Profession: physician, gynaecologist, obstetrician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Gustav Adolf Michaelis

  • Gustav Adolf Michaelis (9 July 1798 – 8 August 1848) was a German obstetrician who was a native of Kiel.
  • He studied medicine in Göttingen under surgeon Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (1776-1851) and obstetrician Friedrich Benjamin Osiander (1759-1822), later serving as director of the Obstetric Hospital and the School of Midwifery at Kiel.
  • He was the father of archaeologist Adolf Michaelis (1835-1910). Michaelis was a pioneer of scientific obstetrics, remembered for his work in the field of pelvimetry.
  • He performed extensive research on difficulties associated with a "narrow pelvis" and its relationship to childbirth, of which he documented in a treatise called Das Enge Becken: Nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen.
  • After being informed of Ignaz Semmelweis' theory of prophylaxis for prevention of puerperal fever, Michaelis was one of the first obstetricians to adopt the practice of compulsory chlorine handwashing.
  • He later became severely depressed over the number of women (including a beloved niece) who had died from puerperal fever due to unsanitary obstetrical practices, and on 8 August 1848, Michaelis committed suicide in Lehrte, Germany. After his death, his position at Kiel was filled by Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann (1815-1890).
  • Today, the "Michaelis Midwifery School" at the University of Kiel is named in his honor. The rhombus of Michaelis, named after him, is a contour in the coccyx/sacrum region that is rhombus-shaped.
  • Sometimes it is referred to as the "quadrilateral of Michaelis".

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