!!!Knaus, Hermann

Knaus, Hermann, b. St. Veit an der Glan (Carinthia), Oct. 19, 1892, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 22, 1970, gynaecologist, originally surgeon. 1923-1934 
at the University Hospital of Graz, 1950 Head of Gynaecology at the 
Hospital in Lainz, Vienna; together with the Japanese doctor Ogino 
established a theory on the periods of female fertility 
("Knaus´sches Konzeptionsoptimum") and on contraception.

!Works
Die periodische Fruchtbarkeit und Unfruchtbarkeit des Weibes, 
1934 (3rd ed.: Die Physiologie der Zeugung des Menschen, 1950); Die 
fruchtbaren und unfruchtbaren Tage der Frau, 1950.



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