Franz Naegele
German obstetrician
Intro | German obstetrician | |
Places | Germany | |
was | Physician Gynaecologist Educator | |
Work field | Academia Healthcare | |
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Birth | 7 December 1778, Düsseldorf | |
Death | 21 January 1851Heidelberg (aged 72 years) |
Franz Karl Naegele (7 December 1778 – 21 January 1851) was a German obstetrician born in Düsseldorf. His son, Hermann Franz Naegele (1801-1851), was also a noted obstetrician.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, afterwards opening a medical practice in Barmen. In 1807 he became an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1810 he was appointed a full professor of obstetrics.
He is remembered for "Naegele's rule", a standard method of calculating the due date for a pregnancy. His name is also lent to "Naegele's obliquity", also known as an anterior asynclytism.