Gustav Veit

Aloys Constantin Conrad Gustav Veit (June 3, 1824 – April 20, 1903) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Leobschütz.

His name is associated with the "Mauriceau–Smellie–Veit maneuver", a procedure defined as a classical method of assisted breech delivery.

The birthing maneuver is named along with obstetricians François Mauriceau (1637–1709) and William Smellie (1697–1763), although it was first described by Jacques Guillemeau (1550–1613) in a 1609 treatise called De l'accouchement hereux des femmes.

Among his written works was a treatise on diseases of the female sex organs titled Krankheiten der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane: Puerperalkrankheiten.

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