Hermann Heinrich Ploss
German gynecoloigst and anthropologist
About Hermann Heinrich Ploss
Lived 1819 – 1885 (aged 66). Hermann Heinrich Ploss was an anthropologist, gynecologist, ethnologist and physician.
Hermann Heinrich Ploss (8 February 1819, in Leipzig – 11 December 1885, in Leipzig) was a German gynecologist and anthropologist. He was full professor at the medical faculty of the University of Leipzig.
He published numerous works on sexual medicine and was considered as one of the founders of the comparative gynecology and pediatrics.
Works Das Weib in der Natur- und Völkerkunde [Woman in Natural History and Ethnology]. 2 Volumes. Grieben, Leipzig, 1885.
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Who was Hermann Heinrich Ploss?
German gynecoloigst and anthropologist (1819–1885)
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Hermann Heinrich Ploss was born on 8 February 1819 in Leipzig.
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Hermann Heinrich Ploss died on 11 December 1885 in Leipzig.
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Hermann Heinrich Ploss was an anthropologist, gynecologist, ethnologist and physician.
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Hermann Heinrich Ploss's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Saxony.
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