Franz Kiwisch Ritter von Rotterau - bibliography

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Biography

Bohemian obstetrician and gynaecologist, born April 30, 1814, Klattau in Bohemia, then a part of the Austrian Empire, now Klattau in the Czech Republic; died October 24, 1851.

Bibliography

  • Conspectus morborum in clinico medico Pragensi primo semestri anni 1839 tractatorum. Doctoral dissertation. Prague, 1837.
  • Beiträge zur Geburtskunde. 2 booklets; Würzburg, 1846 and 1848.
  • Klinische Vorträge über specielle Pathologie und Therapie der Krankheiten des weiblichen Geschlechtes.
    Verlag der J.G. Calve´schen Buchhandlung. Prague, 1852. Biographical:
  • August Hirsch, publisher:
    Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeiten und Völker.
    2nd edition, Berlin, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1929. First published in 6 volumes 1884-1888. 3rd edition, München 1962.
  • Benedikt Müller:
    Franz Kiwisch Ritter von Rotterau 1814-1851.
    Medical dissertation, Würzburg, 1980.

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