FRITSCH
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Fritsch was a prominent German gynecologist who co-founded influential medical journals and authored numerous works on obstetrics and gynecology. His contributions significantly advanced the field of women's health in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
FRITSCH Heinrich (Heinrich Fritsch, 1844-1915), a prominent German gynecologist. He received his medical education in Tübingen, Würzburg, and Halle; in 1873 he became a privat-docent, and from 1877 a professor in Breslau, then moved to Bonn, where he remained until 1910, when he retired due to disease. F.'s greatest merit was that together with Fehling he founded in 1877 the famous weekly journal Obstetric-Gynecological Journal and Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie (Lpz.). This journal continues to be published under the editorship of one of F.'s students, Professor Stoeckel. In addition to his editorial work, F. left a rich literary legacy (152 works). Translated into Russian: Changes in the Position of the Uterus (St. Petersburg, 1881); Fundamentals of the Pathology and Therapy of the Postpartum Period (St. Petersburg, 1885); Women's Diseases (2nd ed., Kharkov, 1889); Clinic of Obstetric Operations (Moscow, 1890); Obstetrics (St. Petersburg, 1906).
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“FRITSCH.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/fritsch/