Eduard Lumpe Explained
Eduard Lumpe (1813–1876)[1] was an obstetrician working in Vienna General Hospital as assistant to professor Johann Klein. He is mainly known for compiling a list of causes for childbed fever in 1845, reflecting the (in retrospect: limited) insights at the time. The disease was predominantly epidemic, i.e. due to miasmatic influences. Other causal factors included: general deprivation, worry, shame, attempted abortion, fear of death, dietary disorders, exposure to cold, local miasmas and difficult delivery.[2] Ignaz Semmelweis ridiculed Lumpe's work.
Lumpe's work reflected mainstream views, see for instance the work of Charles Delucena Meigs[3] for a similar American account in 1854.
References
- Book: Semmelweis, Ignaz . K. Codell Carter . Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever . University of Wisconsin Press, September 15, 1983 . 1861 . 0-299-09364-6 . p. 92 footnote 15 .
- Lumpe . Eduard . Die Leistungen der neuesten Zeit in der Gynäkologie . Zeitschrift der k.k. Gesellschaft der Ärzte zu Wien . 1 . 341–371 . 1845 .
- Book: Meigs
, Charles Delucena
. On the Nature, Signs, and Treatment of Childbed Fevers: In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Students of His Class . Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia . 1854 . Original from Harvard University (Digitized Nov 30, 2007), Retrieved Sep 1, 2008 . 362 pages .
Notes
- Hirsch/H., Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeiten und Völker. Dritte, unveränderte Aufl., 3. Bd (1962), p.866 (http://www.medicusbooks.com/shop/USER_ARTIKEL_HANDLING_AUFRUF.php?darstellen=1&PEPPERSESS=7335fc792f4959f8b872b0758b6ea266&Kategorie_ID=23022&anzeigen_ab=640&anzahl_total=787&sort=&order=&level=0&kategorie_0=0&print=true)
- Semmelweis 1861:13-14
- Meigs(1854):179ff
