Christian Gerhard Leopold

Christian Gerhard Leopold
Christian Gerhard Leopold
	Christian Gerhard Leopold
Born	24 February 1846
Died	12 September 1911 (aged 65)
Nationality	Germany
Occupation	gynecologist
Known for	Leopold maneuvers

Christian Gerhard Leopold (24 February 1846 – 12 September 1911) was a German gynecologist born in Meerane, Saxony.

In 1870 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leipzig, where he studied under Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (1819-1892), who would later become his father-in-law. From 1877 until 1883 he taught midwifery at the Frauenklinik in Leipzig, and afterwards succeeded Franz von Winckel (1837-1911) as director of the Dresden Royal Gynecological Infirmary.

Leopold is remembered for the eponymous "Leopold maneuvers" (Leopold-Handgriffe), which are four classic maneuvers used to determine the position of the fetus within the uterus. Beginning in 1894 he was co-editor of the Archiv für Gynäkologie with Adolf Gusserow (1836-1906). Also, with Dr. Credé and Paul Zweifel (1848-1927), he published textbooks on midwifery.[1]

N.B. - Leopold Landau, who was also a German gynecologist born around this time, may be confused with Christian Gerhard Leopold.

References

Kästner, I; Kachlík D (May 2010). "German gynecologist and obstetrician Christian Gerhard Leopold (1846-1911)". Ceska Gynekol (in Czech). Czech Republic. 75 (3): 218–21. ISSN 1210-7832. PMID 20731303.

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[1] Kästner, I; Kachlík D (May 2010). "German gynecologist and obstetrician Christian Gerhard Leopold (1846-1911)". Ceska Gynekol (in Czech). Czech Republic. 75 (3): 218–21. ISSN 1210-7832. PMID 20731303.