Erich Franz Eugen Bracht

Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (1882-1969) was a German pathologist and gynecologist who was a native of Berlin. After earning his doctorate, he was an assistant for several years to pathologist Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942) in Freiburg. Afterwards his interest switched to obstetrics and gynecology, and he was a gynecologist at Heidelberg, in Kiel under Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel (1862-1909), and eventually Berlin. In Berlin he was a professor at the University of Berlin as well as director of the Charité Frauenklinik. After World War II he was a consultant of gynecology and obstetrics during the American occupation of Berlin.

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In Freiburg, Bracht made important contributions concerning the pathological study of rheumatic myocarditis. From his research of this disorder, he described the eponymous Bracht-Wachter bodies, which are perivascular microabscesses in the myocardium seen in acute bacterial endocarditis.

Bracht is also remembered for the Bracht maneuver, which is a breech delivery that allows for delivery of the infant with minimum interference.

References

• Biography of Erich Bracht (Google-translated from Spanish)