Justine Siegemund's father died in 1650 when she was 14 years old.
12 Facts About Justine Siegemund
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At 20 years old, Justine Siegemund suffered from a prolapsed uterus which went misdiagnosed.
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Justine Siegemund's paying client base grew to include merchant and noble families.
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In 1670, Justine Siegemund was named the City Midwife of Legnica.
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Justine Siegemund's allegations did not affect Siegemund's professional employment opportunities.
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Justine Siegemund served as royal midwife for Frederick I's sister Marie-Amalie, Duchess of Saxony-Zeitz, and delivered four of her children.
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In Leipzig, Andreas Petermann charged her with similar offences to those that Kerger had already advanced, but given his comparative professional inexperience, Justine Siegemund was able to surmount this challenge to her professional reputation.
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Justine Siegemund rarely used early pharmaceuticals or surgical instruments within her practice.
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In 1689, Justine Siegemund travelled from The Hague to Frankfurt on Oder, and submitted her draft manual to the Frankfurt on Oder medical faculty, which approved her medical documentation.
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Justine Siegemund had incorporated embryological and anatomical engravings from Regnier de Graaf and Govard Bidloo, which enhanced its practical utility.
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Justine Siegemund worked out a two-handed intervention to rotate the baby in the uterus, securing one extremity by a sling.
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Justine Siegemund is credited of finding a method to deal with a hemorrhaging placenta previa by puncturing the amniotic sac.