Johann Georg Roederer

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Johann Georg Roederer (13 May 1726 – 4 April 1763) was a French physician and obstetrician who was a native of Strasbourg.

Life and career

Roederer studied medicine at Leiden, Paris and London, and afterwards was a pupil at the midwifery school in Strasbourg under Johann Jakob Fried (1689–1769). Through a recommendation from Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), he was appointed in 1751 as the first professor of obstetrics at the University of Göttingen by George II, the British monarch and elector of Hanover.

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His name is associated with the obstetrical term: Roederer-Kopfhaltung (Roederer-head position).[1][2]

He died in Paris on 4 April 1763 at the age of 36. After his death, his position at Göttingen was filled by Heinrich August Wrisberg (1739–1808).

His daughter was noted artist, Caroline Friederike von Schlözer.[3][4] He was father-in-law to historian August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735–1809).

References

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  1. Das Hebammenbuch: Lehrbuch der praktischen Geburtshilfe by Christine Mändle, Sonja Opitz-Kreuter
  2. Entry regarding " Roederer-Kopfhaltung" at the German Wikipedia.
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