Max Hofmeier
Max Friedrich Adolph Hofmeier (28 January 1854 in Zudar on the island of Rügen - 3 April 1927) was a German gynecologist.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg, Freiburg and Greifswald, obtaining his doctorate in 1876. As a student he was influenced by Alfred Hegar (1830-1914) and Hugo Pernice (1829-1901).
Following graduation, he worked as an assistant in Greifswald, shortly afterwards relocating to Berlin as an assistant at the obstetrics clinic of Karl Schroeder (1838-1887).[1] In 1887 he became a full professor of OB/GYN at the University of Giessen, followed by a directorship the following year at Würzburg as successor to Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni (1821-1891) at the university Frauenklinik.[2][3]
Written works
Hofmeier was scientific editor of the twelfth edition of Carl Schroeder's Handbuch der Krankheiten der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane (1898). The following are some of his principal works:
- Die Myotomie, 1884 - Myotomy
- Grundriss der gynäkologischen Operationen (1888, fourth edition 1905) - Outline of gynecological operations.
- Handbuch der Frauenkrankheiten, 1908 - Textbook of gynecological diseases.[4]
References
- ↑ Pagel: Biographical Dictionary outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, 766-767 Sp. (biography)
- ↑ Google Books Album of the fellows of the American Gynecological Society, 1876-1917 by LeRoy Broun
- ↑ AntiQbook Grundriss der Gynäkologischen Operationen
- ↑ IDREF.fr (bibliography)