Nils Wilhelm Netzel

Med. dr. Professor i obstetrik.

• Svensk Kalender 1889 6.e årgången Nils Vilhelm Netzel gynekolog och operatör, professor i obstetrik och öfverläkare vid Stockholms allmänna barnbördshus, föddes den 1 november 1834 i Stockholm, der fadern Nils Gustaf Netzel var grosshandlare; modern Hedda Wilhelmina Sandblad. Sedan hangenomgått Vesterås läroverk, blef han student i Upsala 1853 och promoverades efter afslutade medicinska studier 1865 till medicine doktor. Sin verksamhet som gynekolog och obstetriker började prof. Netzel såsom amanuens vid den obstetriska kliniken å allmänna barnbördshuset 1863, blef 1864 tillförordnad adjunkt i gynekologi och obstetrik, ordinarie adjunkt vid karolinska institutet 1864 och utnämdes efter professor Andersons afgång till professor i obstetrik och gynekologi. Under åren 1862, 1868 till 1869 och vid senare tillfällen har prof. Netzel vistats i utlandet i och för gynekologiska studier. Gift med Laura Constance Pistolekors, född 1839 i Finland. Från trycket har professor Netzel utgifvit bland annat en afhandling: Om de puerperala förändringarna inom lifmodern samt lemnat meddelanden om af honom utförda ovariotomier.
• Wikipedia: Nils Wilhelm Netzel (1 November 1834 – 7 February 1914) was a Swedish gynecologist and obstetrician.
• Biography
• Netzel was born in Stockholm and studied at Uppsala University, completing his dissertation in 1865 on puerperal changes in modern life. In 1863 he took a position as assistant in the obstetric department at the General Maternity Hospital in Stockholm. In 1864 he became a substitute lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology at the Karolinska Institute, and in 1865 became a regular lecturer and in 1879, a professor. In 1887 he succeeded Anders Anderson as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and retained this position until 1889.[1] He performed his first ovariotomy in 1869 and later published numerous studies, providing important research for development of medical procedures. In 1904 he was elected an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Medicine. He died in Stockholm.
• In 1866 Netzel married Swedish composer and music conductor Laura Netzel neé Pistolekors born in Finland. He maintained a herbarium which was donated on his death to the University of Stockholm. A biography of his life was published in 1914 by Frans Johan Eugène Westermark.