| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
Gräfenberg studied medicine in Göttingen and Munich, obtaining his doctorate on 10 March 1905. He began working as a doctor of ophthalmology at the university of Würzburg, but then moved to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of KielThis article is about the city in Germany. There is also Kiel, Wisconsin in the United States of America. Kiel [kiːl], with a population 233,795, (113,274 male, 120,521 female) is a city in northern Germany, capital of the Schleswig-Holstein Bundes, where he published papers on cancerFor other meanings of Cancer: see Cancer (disambiguation . apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. Cancer is a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Currently, it is believed that cancers arise from both genetic metastasisMetastasis is the spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body. Localised spread to lymph nodes is not normally counted as metastasis, although this is a sign of poor prognosis. Cancer cells can break away from a primary tumor, penet (the "Gräfenberg theory"), and the physiology of egg implantation.
In 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in Gräfenberg started work as a gynaecologist in BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea, as well as beginning scientific studies at the Berlin University on the physiology of human reproduction. During the First World War, he served as a medical officer, and continued publishing paper, most of them on female physiology.
In 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu he began lecturing about the Gräfenberg ring (an intrauterineAn intrauterine device intra meaning within, and uterine meaning of the uterus), is a birth control device also known as an IUD or a coil . It is a flexible T-shaped plastic device placed in the uterus and is the world's most widely used and inexpensive m contraception device) he had invented.
As a result of the rise of Nazism in Germany, Gräfenberg, as a jewish physician, was forced in 1933 to give up his post as head of the department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Berlin-Britz. Believing himself to be safe, he stayed in Germany. In 1937, however, he was arrested for allegedly smuggling a valuable stamp out of Germany. With the intervention of friends at the International Society of Sexology he was able to escape Germany in 1940 and emigrate to California. He died on 28 October 1957 in New York.
He gained fame for studies of the female genitals, and female sexual physiology in general. His published papers include the seminal The Role of Urethra in Female Orgasm in 1950, in which he describes female ejaculation, and an erotic zone where the urethra is closest to the vaginal wall. In 1981 John Perry and Beverly Whipple named this area the Gräfenberg spot, or G-spot after him.