Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen

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Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen (11 October 1787 – 14 April 1867) was a German obstetrician and naturalist.

He studied at Gießen and worked at Stadtberge, where he became a professor of surgery and obstetrics in 1814. He founded a school for midwives.

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