Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (25 August 1796, in Leipzig – 4 December 1860) [1] was a German obstetrician, gynecologist and pediatrician.
He studied medicine in Leipzig, earning his PhD in 1819.
From 1821, he taught classes at the University of Leipzig, becoming a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in 1831.
In 1856, he provided possibly the first account of long QT syndrome (LQTS), of which he described a case where a deaf girl collapsed and died while being publicly scolded at school.
[2][3] Meissner was an active member of the Freemasons; in 1842 he started the German Masonic magazine Latomia.