Franz Naegele
German obstetrician
Died when: 72 years 45 days (865 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Franz Karl Naegele (7 December 1778 – 21 January 1851) was a German obstetrician born in Düsseldorf.His son, Hermann Franz Naegele (1801–1851), was also a noted obstetrician.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, afterwards opening a medical practice in Barmen.In 1807, he became an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1810 he was appointed a full professor of obstetrics.
He is remembered for "Naegele's rule", a standard method of calculating the due date for a pregnancy.His name is also lent to "Naegele obliquity", also known as an anterior asynclitism.
A variety of obliquely contracted bony pelvis where there is arrested development of one of the sacral alae, has also been named after him (Naegele's pelvis).
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