Herzfeld, Karl August#
b. Koeszeg, Hungary (then Guens), July 12, 1861, d. Vienna, Jan. 6, 1926, gynaecologist, brother of Marie Herzfeld. From 1901 university professor in Vienna, from 1911 at the Franz-Josef Hospital as head of the out-patient department and from 1921 as hospital director. His text book "Praktische Geburtshilfe" (1897) on general obstetrics is a classic in this field.
Further works#
Der Kaiserschnitt und seine Stellung zur kuenstlichen Fruehgeburt, 1888 (together with E. Braun v. Fernwald); Klinischer Bericht ueber 1000 Bauchhoehlenoperationen, 1895; Praktische Geburtshilfe, 21907.