Badische Zeitung: Ernst Gräfenberg
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Ernst Gräfenberg
Ernst Gräfenberg was a German-born physician and scientist. He developed the intrauterine device (IUD), and studied the role of the woman's urethra in orgasm. The G-spot is named after him.
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science · German-born scientist (1881–1957) · physician · gynecologist · physiologist · also Ernst Gräfenberg, Ernest Grafenberg (USA), Ernst Graefenberg, Gräfenberg
Born 26 September 1881 · Died 28 October 1957 · Q60250
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2005· 1 entry
Ärzteblatt: Ernst Gräfenberg: Wer (er)fand den G-Punkt?
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1981· 1 entry
Named after Gräfenberg, even though Gräfenberg's 1940s research was dedicated to urethral stimulation
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1957· 1 entry
Died 1957-10-28.
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1950· 2 entries
Gräfenberg stated, "An erotic zone always could be demonstrated on the anterior wall of the vagina along the course of the urethra
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“An erotic zone always could be demonstrated on the anterior wall of the vagina along the course of the urethra.”
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1937· 1 entry
For having smuggled out a valuable stamp from Germany
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1934· 1 entry
Hans Lehfeldt attempted to persuade him to leave Nazi Germany; he refused, believing that since his practice included wives of high Nazi officials, he would be safe
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1933· 1 entry
To resign as head of the department of gynaecology and obstetrics in the Berlin-Britz municipal hospital
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1929· 1 entry
Published his studies of the "Gräfenberg ring", the first IUD for which there are usage records
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1910· 1 entry
Gräfenberg worked as a gynaecologist in Berlin, and by 1920 was quite successful, with an office on the Kurfürstendamm
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1893· 1 entry
The family moved to Göttingen, where Ernst attended the municipal high school, or Gymnasium, later known as the Max-Planck-Gymnasium
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-09-26.
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