Carl Breus was an Austrian obstetrician born in Vienna

Vienna

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He studied medicine at the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

, earning his doctorate in 1876. Afterwards he was an assistant at the Vienna Maternity Clinic, and in 1883 received his habilitation.

In 1892 he was the first to describe a rare condition now known as "Breus' mole", which is a massive subchorionic

Chorion

The chorion is one of the membranes that exist during pregnancy between the developing fetus and mother. It is formed by extraembryonic mesoderm and the two layers of trophoblast and surrounds the embryo and other membranes...

 hematoma

Hematoma

A hematoma, or haematoma, is a localized collection of blood outside the blood vessels, usually in liquid form within the tissue. This distinguishes it from an ecchymosis, which is the spread of blood under the skin in a thin layer, commonly called a bruise...

 of the placenta

Placenta

The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply. "True" placentas are a defining characteristic of eutherian or "placental" mammals, but are also found in some snakes and...

 that takes place in a stillbirth

Stillbirth

A stillbirth occurs when a fetus has died in the uterus. The Australian definition specifies that fetal death is termed a stillbirth after 20 weeks gestation or the fetus weighs more than . Once the fetus has died the mother still has contractions and remains undelivered. The term is often used in...

. He is credited with the design of an obstetrical forceps

Forceps

Forceps or forcipes are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task. The term 'forceps' is used almost exclusively...

 (Breus' forceps) that was once widely used in German hospitals.

Selected publications

• Zur Statistik der Behandlung der puerperalen Eklampsie mit heissen Bädern (1884)
• Das Tuberose Subchoriale-Hamatomder Decidua (1892)
• Die Behandlung des Nabelschnurbruches (1893)
• Über wahre Epithel führende Cystenbildung in Uterusmyomen (1894)
• Die pathologische Beckenformen (with Alexander Kolisko
  Alexander Kolisko
  Alexander Kolisko was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. He was the father of anthroposophist Eugen Kolisko ....
  
  , 1904)