Justus Heinrich Wigand

Justus Heinrich Wigand (13 September 1769 – 10 February 1817) was a Baltic German obstetrician born in Reval (Tallinn).

Wigand studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he was a physician in Hamburg, and afterwards lived in Heidelberg, Schwetzingen and Mannheim.

He is remembered for introducing an assisted breech delivery procedure known as the "Wigand maneuver".[1] His best written effort, "Die Geburt des Menschen" was published posthumously in 1820.

Selected publications

References

  1. Mondofacto Dictionary, definition of eponym


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