!!!Halban, Josef Halban, Josef, b. Vienna, Oct. 10, 1870, d. Vienna, April 23, 1937, gynaecologist; married to the singer Selma Kurz. From 1910 head of the Department of Gynaecology at the Vienna General Hospital; elevated to the nobility in 1917. "Halban's sign of pregnancy" is named after him. Achievements in the field of research on the inner secretion of the ovaries. !Works Topographie des weibl. Uterus, 1901 (mit J. Tandler); Biologie und Pathologie des Weibes, 8 vols., 1924-1929 (with L. Seitz); Die gynaekologische Operationslehre, 1932. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Halban,_Josef|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]