Halban Josef
| Born | 1870-10-10 |
| Died | 1937-04-23 |
Related eponyms
Austrian obstetrician and gynaecologist,
Biography of Halban Josef
Josef Halban was of Jewish descent. He was the son of Pinkus
Lobel Blumenstock (Philip von Halban, 1840–1907) and (Anna) Sara Hinda
Danaszek (1852–1901).
He was a gynaecologist with a spacial interest in anatomy and physiology. He was for several years an assistant in Friedrich Schauta’s (1849-1919) birth clinic, and then worked in the Institut Pasteur in Paris. In 1893 he became a Privatdozent for obstetrics and gynaecology, obtaining his doctorate in 1894.
From 1895 to 1898 he was an apprectice in surgery at the clinic of Eduard Albert (1841–1900). In 1903 he became professor extraordinary at the University of Vienna, where he was head of the Department of Gyneacology at the hospital Wieden from 1910.
In 1910 Josef Halban married Selma Kurz (1874–1933), a famous opera singer, also of Jewish descent. They had two children. He was raised to the nobility in 1917. In 1890 he abandoned Judaism.
Josef Halban wrote several gyneacological works. He is particularly remembered for his work on the internal secretion of the ovaries. He was the first to demonstrate the endocrine origin of menstruation.
He was a gynaecologist with a spacial interest in anatomy and physiology. He was for several years an assistant in Friedrich Schauta’s (1849-1919) birth clinic, and then worked in the Institut Pasteur in Paris. In 1893 he became a Privatdozent for obstetrics and gynaecology, obtaining his doctorate in 1894.
From 1895 to 1898 he was an apprectice in surgery at the clinic of Eduard Albert (1841–1900). In 1903 he became professor extraordinary at the University of Vienna, where he was head of the Department of Gyneacology at the hospital Wieden from 1910.
In 1910 Josef Halban married Selma Kurz (1874–1933), a famous opera singer, also of Jewish descent. They had two children. He was raised to the nobility in 1917. In 1890 he abandoned Judaism.
Josef Halban wrote several gyneacological works. He is particularly remembered for his work on the internal secretion of the ovaries. He was the first to demonstrate the endocrine origin of menstruation.
Bibliography
• Die Dicke der quergestreiften Muskelfasern und ihre Bedeutung. 1893.
• Topographie des weiblichen Ureters. With Julius Tandler (1869-1936).
Vienna, 1901.
• Ovarium und Menstruation.
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie.
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1901, 9: 619.
• Anatomie und Ätiologie des Genitalprolapses beim Weibe.
With Julius Tandler. Vienna, 1907.
• Pathologische Lage und Gestaltsveränderungen der weiblichen
Geschlectsorgane.
Handbuch der Frauenheilkunde. Wiesbaden, 1913; 5th edition,
Munich, 1927.
• Operative behandlung des weiblichen Genitalprolapses. Vienna, 1919.
• Pathologische Anatomie des Puerperalprocesses.
With Robert Köhler (1884-1955). Wien and Leipzig, Brautmüller, 1919.
• Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes. Ein Handbuch der Frauenheilkunde
und Geburtshilfe. With Ludwig Seitz (1872-1961).
Berlin and Vienna, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1924-1929.
2nd edition, 10 volumes and Index, 1941-1955.
• Gynäkologische Operationslehre. Berlin and Vienna, 1932.
Biographical:
Isidor Fischer (1869-1943), publisher:
• Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre.
Berlin-Wien, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1932.
Also, various Internet seources.
• Topographie des weiblichen Ureters. With Julius Tandler (1869-1936).
Vienna, 1901.
• Ovarium und Menstruation.
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie.
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1901, 9: 619.
• Anatomie und Ätiologie des Genitalprolapses beim Weibe.
With Julius Tandler. Vienna, 1907.
• Pathologische Lage und Gestaltsveränderungen der weiblichen
Geschlectsorgane.
Handbuch der Frauenheilkunde. Wiesbaden, 1913; 5th edition,
Munich, 1927.
• Operative behandlung des weiblichen Genitalprolapses. Vienna, 1919.
• Pathologische Anatomie des Puerperalprocesses.
With Robert Köhler (1884-1955). Wien and Leipzig, Brautmüller, 1919.
• Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes. Ein Handbuch der Frauenheilkunde
und Geburtshilfe. With Ludwig Seitz (1872-1961).
Berlin and Vienna, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1924-1929.
2nd edition, 10 volumes and Index, 1941-1955.
• Gynäkologische Operationslehre. Berlin and Vienna, 1932.
Biographical:
Isidor Fischer (1869-1943), publisher:
• Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre.
Berlin-Wien, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1932.
Also, various Internet seources.