Johann Klein

Johann Klein (25 March 1788 – 11 April 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.

Johann Klein is thought to be one of the figures in this 1853 drawing

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 1 July 1846 – 20 October 1846, when 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.[2]

References

Carter 2005:61
Semmelweis, Ignaz (1861). Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever. K. Codell Carter (translator and extensive foreword). University of Wisconsin Press, September 15, 1983. p. 61. ISBN 0-299-09364-6.

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[1] Carter 2005:61

[2] Semmelweis, Ignaz (1861). Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever. K. Codell Carter (translator and extensive foreword). University of Wisconsin Press, September 15, 1983. p. 61. ISBN 0-299-09364-6.