Braun-Fernwald, Karl von#
b. Zistersdorf (Lower Austria), March 22, 1822, d. Vienna, March 28, 1891, gynaecologist, from 1856 university professor in Vienna; introduced new types of surgical instruments and methods, separated gynaecology from surgery establishing it as independent field of study.
Works#
Klinik der Geburtshilfe und Gynaekologie, 1855 (with J. Chiari); Lehrbuch der Geburtshilfe, 1857.