Ludwig Piskaçek
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Ludwig Piskaçek was an Austria
n obstetrician remembered for describing Piskaçek's sign
. He trained in Vienna
, gaining his doctorate in 1882. He became apprentice in surgery at the Albert Clinic until 1884, then assistant at the obstetric clinic until 1888. He became professor of obstetrics in Linz
in 1890, and in Vienna in 1901.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n obstetrician remembered for describing Piskaçek's sign
Piskacek's sign
In medicine, Piskacek's sign is an indication of pregnancy.This sign, however, may or may not be a concrete probability of pregnancy along with other signs of early pregnancy. Other signs of early pregnancy include Goodell, Hegar, McDonald, von Braun Fernwald, and Chadwick...
. He trained in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, gaining his doctorate in 1882. He became apprentice in surgery at the Albert Clinic until 1884, then assistant at the obstetric clinic until 1888. He became professor of obstetrics in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
in 1890, and in Vienna in 1901.