Original Name
Carl Arnold Ruge
English Name
Carl Ruge
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Date Country, City of Birth
September 24, 1846, Berlin, Germany
Date City of Death
April 15, 1926, Berlin, Germany
History of Life
Carl Ruge was born in Berlin, Germany, on September 24, 1846. His father, a senior health officer, was a well-known physician, and his mother was the daughter of the gynecologist Dr. Carl Mayer, founder of the Berlin Society of Obstetricians in 1844. His uncle, husband of his mother’s sister, was the eminent professor Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902). Carl and his brother Paul studied medicine together in Jena (1865–1866) and Berlin (1867–1869), and both passed their medical exams with the note “very good.” Through the advice and support of his uncle Virchow, Carl wrote his doctoral thesis on the subject of tuberculosis. He also attended the Academy of Arts in Berlin to perfect his skill in drawing, which contributed to the excellence of his microscopic illustrations. From 1870 to 1871, Ruge...
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Becker, V. (1979). Carl Ruge: 100 years of “Stückchen diagnosis” (in German). Archiv für Gynäkologie, 227, 193–204.
Dallenbach-Hellweg, G., & Schmidt, D. (2003). History of gynecological pathology. XV. Dr. Carl Arnold Ruge. International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, 23, 83–90.
Hitschmann, F., & Adler, L. (1908). The structure of the uterine mucosa in sexually mature women with special attention to menstruation (in German). Monatsschrift für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie, 27, 1–82.
Meyer, R. (1926). The life’s work of Carl Ruge (in German). Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie, 90, 216–233.
Ruge, C. (1879). In gynecological diagnosis: The excision of small fragments and the erosion (in German). Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift, 16, 44–45.
Ruge, C. (1880a). Erosion and ectropium, and the origin of the columnar epithelium of the ectocervix in erosion (in German). Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie, 5, 248–255.
Ruge, C. (1880b). On the etiology and anatomy of endometritis (in German). Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie, 5, 317–323.
Ruge, C. (1881). Is the decidua cell specific for pregnancy? (in German). Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, 5, 287.
Ruge, C. (1918). Epithelial changes and early carcinoma of the female genital tract (in German). Archiv für Gynäkologie, 109, 102–116.
Ruge, C., & Veit, J. (1878). Erosions and early carcinoma (in German). Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie, 1, 415–476.
Ruge, C., & Veit, J. (1881). Cancer of the uterus (in German). Stuttgart F Enke.
Stoeckel, W. (1952). Memorial celebration for Carl Ruge and Robert Meyer (in German). Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, 74, 1601–1607.
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Dallenbach-Hellweg, G., Schmidt, D. (2016). Ruge, Carl Arnold (1846–1926). In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4089-1
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