Erich Franz Eugen Bracht

Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (5 June 1882 – 1969) was a German pathologist and gynaecologist born in Berlin.

Erich Franz Eugen Bracht
Born1882
Berlin
Died1969
NationalityGerman
Occupationpathologist, gynaecologist
Known forBracht manoeuvre
The Bracht manoeuvre

After finishing his medical education, he worked for several years as an assistant to pathologist Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942) at the University of Freiburg. Later on, he focused his attention to obstetrics and gynaecology, working as an assistant gynecologist in Heidelberg, Kiel (under Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel 1862-1909) and Berlin. In 1922 he became an associate professor at the University of Berlin and eventually director of the Charité Frauenklinik. Following World War II he served as a consultant of gynaecology and obstetrics during the American occupation of Berlin.[1]

While at Freiburg, Bracht made important contributions involving the pathological study of rheumatic myocarditis.[1] With Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter, he described the eponymous "Bracht-Wachter bodies", defined as myocardial microabscesses seen in the presence of bacterial endocarditis.[2]

He is also remembered for the "Bracht manoeuvre" (first described in 1935),[3] a breech delivery that allows for delivery of the infant with minimum interference.[4]

Publications
  • Beitrag zur Aetiologie und pathologischen Anatomie der Myokarditis rheumatica (pp. 493–530, 2 Abb., 2 Taf.). Dtsch. Arch. klin. Med., 96. - Leipzig 1909, (with H. Wachter).[5]

See also

Notes
  1. Historia medicina (biography of Erich Bracht, translated from Spanish)
  2. Free Dictionary description of eponym
  3. Dunn, Professor PM (2003). "Erich Bracht (1882–1969) of Berlin and his "breech" manoeuvre". Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 88: 76–77. doi:10.1136/fn.88.1.F76. PMC 1756017. PMID 12496236.
  4. Dunn PM (2003). "Erich Bracht (1882-1969) of Berlin and his "breech" manoeuvre". Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 88: F76-7. doi:10.1136/fn.88.1.F76. PMC 1756017. PMID 12496236.
  5. Antiquarische Bücher Archived 2014-06-26 at Archive.today Fritz-Dieter Söhn - MedicusBooks : Fritz-Dieter Söhn, Renthof 8, 35037 Marburg
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