Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann

Who was Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann?

Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann was a German obstetrician and gynecologist born in Gadebusch, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

He studied medicine in Halle, Würzburg and Berlin. In 1845 became an associate professor at the University of Greifswald, where during the following year he was appointed professor of general pathology and therapy. During this time period he published a study on the physiology of pregnancy titled Physiologie der Schwangerschaft und des weiblichen Organismus überhaupt. In 1849 he became a professor of obstetrics and director of the Frauenklinik in Kiel. In 1862 he received the title of Etatsrat.

He is remembered for his work in pelvimetry, and among his better known writings was an edition of Gustav Adolf Michaelis' Das Enge Becken: nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen. His name is lent to "Litzmann's obliquity", which is another name for posterior asynclitism.