After finishing his medical education, he worked for several years as an assistant to pathologist Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942) at the University of Freiburg. Later on, he
focused his attention to obstetrics and gynaecology, working as an assistant gynecologist in Heidelberg, Kiel (under Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel 1862-1909) and Berlin. In 1922 he became an associate professor at the University of Berlin and eventually director of the CharitéFrauenklinik. Following World War II he served as a consultant of gynaecology and obstetrics during the American occupation of Berlin.[1]
He is also remembered for the "Bracht manoeuvre" (first described in 1935),[3] a breech delivery that allows for delivery of the infant with minimum interference.[4]
Publications
Beitrag zur Aetiologie und pathologischen Anatomie der Myokarditis rheumatica (pp. 493–530, 2 Abb., 2 Taf.). Dtsch. Arch. klin. Med., 96. - Leipzig 1909, (with H. Wachter).[5]