Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels [SEP] date of death
Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels
Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (21 December 1821 – 12 June 1891) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician born in Prague, in the Austrian Empire.
He studied medicine in Prague, and spent most of his professional career as chair of obstetrics (1850–1888) at the University of Würzburg, where he succeeded Franz Kiwisch von Rotterau.
Scanzoni was a leading authority of obstetrics in 19th-century Europe. He is best remembered today for the birthing procedure known as the "Scanzoni maneuver"
Scanzoni
Scanzoni may refer to:
- Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (1821 - 1891), a Bohemia-born German gynecologist and obstetrician
- Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (1855-1924), German general of World War I
- Letha Dawson Scanzoni (born 1935), an independent scholar, author, and editor