Ludwig Piskaçek

Ludwig Piskaček (16 November 1854, Karcag, Hungary – 19 September 1932, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian obstetrician remembered for describing Piskaček's sign and for his advancements made in the field of midwifery.

Biography He trained at the University of Vienna, gaining his doctorate of general medicine on July 29, 1882.

After graduating, he worked in the Department of Ear Diseases at Widerhofer's children's clinic in the ear disease department and apprentice in surgery at the Albert Clinic until 1884. This would be updated and translated into several different editions over the following decades. Die Amputationen, Resektionen und Exartikulationen im Dezennium 1873–1883 an der ersten chirurgischen Universitätsklinik in Wien; ("Amputations, Resections, and Disarticulations in the Decade 1873–1883 at the First Surgical University Clinic in Vienna"). This book contains descriptions of Piskaček's sign, leading to the incorrect crediting of the discovery to Piskaček. In the text, Piskaček describes and attributes the observations of the phenomenon done by Robert Dickinson. In 1900, he argued for increased midwife compensation, which he believed would solve the problem. Ultimately, this advice would have little effect until decades later.