Johann Klein
Johann Klein (1788–1856) was Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Salzburg and at the University of Vienna. Johann Baptist Chiari was his son-in-law. In Vienna, he was succeeded by professor Carl Braun in 1856.
In the maternity clinic at the Vienna General Hospital there was a position as assistant to professor Klein. The position was held by:
- Eduard Lumpe
- Franz Breit, (1843?)–1847 (except July 1, 1846 – Oct 20, 1846, where Semmelweis was Assistent)
- Ignaz Semmelweis, 1847–1849
- Carl Braun, 1849–1853
It was normal to grant the Assistent a two-year extension; indeed both Breit and Braun were granted extensions, Semmelweis was not however.[1] Klein seems to have felt threatened by the younger members of the faculty, and he opposed both Semmelweis and his theories. Semmelweis, Ignaz; K. Codell Carter (translator and extensive foreword) (1861). Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever. University of Wisconsin Press, September 15, 1983. ISBN 0-299-09364-6. p61 footnote 1
References [edit]
- ^ Carter 2005:61
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