Bernhard Sigmund Schultze
Bernhard Sigmund Schultze; sometimes spelled Bernhard Sigismund Schultze was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. He was a younger brother to anatomist Max Schultze and son of Karl August Sigismund Schultze.
In 1851 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Greifswald, where in 1853 he became a lecturer on anatomy and physiology. During the following year, he became an assistant to Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch at the University Women's Hospital in Berlin, and in 1858 relocated to the University of Jena as chair of the gynecological clinic. In 1864/65 he served as rector of the university.
Family
- Leonhard Schultze-Jena, an explorer, zoologist, and anthropologist
Medical eponyms
His name is associated with an obstetrical term known as "Schultze's method", which is a resuscitation technique used on an apparent stillborn child. Other eponyms associated with Schultze include:- Schultze-Chvostek sign: A sign of tetany seen in hypocalcemia, commonly referred to as Chvostek's sign.
- Schultze's fold: A crescent-shaped amniotic fold.
- Schultze's placenta: A placenta expelled with the central portion in advance of the periphery.