| Date | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Location | Heidelberg |
| Description |
Carl Menge (1864-1945) was a gynaecologist and obstetrician who began his career as an assistant to Robert Koch at the Berlin Hygiene Institute. Menge then set up a bacteriological laboratory at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, where he worked under the founder of the institution, the physician Sir Henry Acland. He then held a number of gynaecological appointments back in Germany, including the Chair of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the University of Erlangen, where he was appointed in 1904. He then headed the same department at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Much of Menge's scientific research focused on the the clarification of nosological connections of infectious diseases in gynaecology. His work attracted international attention, particularly his research on aetiology and nature of childbed fever. Further work concerned new culture methods for gonococci, the bacteria associated with gonohorrea, investigations on self-cleaning of the vagina and urogenital tuberculosis . He developed new techniques in gynaecological surgery such as tube sterilisation, and further, he recognised at an early stage the importance of radiotherapy as a therapeutic for gynaecological cancers, which he used in the treatment of cervical cancer. From 1922 to 1923 Carl Menge was president of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics. |
| Format | Photograph |
| Original Index Number | 172 |
