title: [Carl Gustav Carus, the first director of the newly established maternity institute of the Dresden Royal Surgical-Medical Academy 1814-1827].
abstract: Carl Gustav Carus was born in 1789 in Leipzig. He studied at the University of Leipzig. His specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics took place at the Triersches Maternity Hospital. In 1814 he was named Professor for Obstetrics in Dresden at the Royal-Surgical-Medical-Academy. He was the head of the Maternity Hospital till 1827. Under his direction many midwives, students and physicians were educated. He published numerous articles and books on medical and philosophical-psychological topics. He was a talented artist of the Romantic especially in painting landscapes. He was a friend of Caspar David Friedrich and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. After 1827 he was the physician in ordinary to 3 saxonian kings. He died in 1869. The Medical Academy in Dresden bears his name "Carl Gustav Carus" since its foundation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Medizinischen Akademie, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarembe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000266:history*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Carl Gustav Carus, der erste Direktor des neu eingerichteten Entbindungsinstitutes an der Königlichen Chirurgisch-medicinischen Academie in Dresden 1814-1827.