Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen
Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen ( born October 12, 1787 Wulfen to Dorsten, † April 14, 1867 in Gießen ) was a German professor of medicine, gynecologist and founder of one of nine German obstetrician schools.
Life
He was born in 1787 as son of Johann Philipp Ritgen and Marie Louise D' Arton. In 1808 he is mentioned as a surgeon to Belecke. In 1811 he was medical officer to Meschede and Physikatsrat city in the mountains. There he married his wife Clara Herold. In the same year his son Hugo was born.
1814 Habilitation Ritgen and was launched as a professor of medicine at the University of Giessen. In his appeal Ritgen received a free service apartment, for which he was obliged to give the midwives free lessons. After 1816, he took up the teaching midwives and sat starting your own school of midwifery through. As a staff for him were in the maternity homes, a head midwife, a calculator and a nurse available. Despite the poor support he made a model for that time organization of instruction for midwives and students of medicine. For the teaching of the midwifery at two months, the months of April and May were provided and October-November as training time. This period was divided into a theoretical and a practical part. Ritgen was of the opinion " that even ladies of education can deal with this subject ." He bestowed on 6 September 1815, the midwife Josepha von Siebold honorary doctorate childbirth art. Two years later, on March 26, 1817 received his doctorate daughter Charlotte von Siebold in casting at Ritgen to Doctor artis obstetriciae.
Ritgen held in 1836 first lectures in which he completely contrary to the spirit of the times does not have the treatability of mental illness out of hand. He developed the so-called Ritgen rear grip dam, which accelerates the birth of the child's head by means of a special technique, as well as the Laparelytrotomie.
In addition to his activities, he was co-editor of the journals " Joint German Journal of Obstetrics " and " Monthly Journal of Obstetrics and women's diseases " and "New Journal of Obstetrics ". Its ruler, the Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse, special recognition has proved to him the fact that the elevated him on 16 December 1839 in the hereditary nobility.
1867 Ferdinand died of Ritgen in Giessen
Works
- Yearbooks of the maternity hospital to casting.? 1820-1858
- Manual of Obstetrics. ? 1824
- Attempted preparation of some pools of primeval animals. 1826
- Attempt at a natural classification of the birds. 1826
- The highest matters of the soul according to the law of progress. 1835, Darmstadt.
- The essence of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Medicinal its statutory provisions. Darmstadt: Leske 1840 - 1842.
- Teaching and manual of midwifery for midwives.? 1848