Ludwig Haberlandt

Ludwig Haberlandt
Born 1 February 1885
Graz
Died 22 July 1932 (1932-07-23) (aged 47)
Cause of death Suicide
Nationality Austria
Known for Hormonal contraception

Ludwig Haberlandt (1 February 1885 – 22 July 1932) is known as a father of hormonal contraception. In 1921 he carried out experiments on rabbits and he demonstrated a temporary hormonal contraception in a female by transplanting ovaries from a second, pregnant, animal.

His father was the eminent botanist, Gottlieb Haberlandt, plant tissue culture theorist and visionary; his grandfather was the European 'soybean' pioneer and trailblazer Friedrich J. Haberlandt.[1][2]

In 1930 he began clinical trials after successful production of a hormonal preparation, Infecundin®, by the G. Richter Company in Budapest, Hungary. He ended his 1931 book, Die hormonale Sterilisierung des weiblichen Organismus, with a visionary claim: 'Unquestionably, practical application of the temporary hormonal sterilization in women would markedly contribute to the ideal in human society already enunciated a generation earlier by Sigmund Freud (1898). Theoretically, one of the greatest triumphs of mankind would be the elevation of procreation into a voluntary and deliberate act.' He was hounded for his views on reproductive biology up to his death from either suicide,[3][4] or heart attack.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.soyinfocenter.com/HSS/friedrich_haberlandt1.php
  2. ↑ Haberlandt, Edda (2009). "Ludwig Haberlandt – A pioneer in hormonal contraception". Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 121: 746–749. doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1280-x.
  3. ↑ Haberlandt, Edda (2009). "Ludwig Haberlandt – A pioneer in hormonal contraception". Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 121: 746–749. doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1280-x.
  4. ↑ Djerassi, Carl (2009). "Ludwig Haberlandt – "Grandfather of the Pill"". Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 121: 727–728. doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1271-y.
  5. ↑ https://www.inkling.com/read/clinical-gynecologic-endocrinology-infertility-8th/chapter-22/the-history-of-oral
  • Haberlandt, Edda (2009). "Ludwig Haberlandt--A pioneer in hormonal contraception". Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. Austria. 121 (23–24): 746–9. doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1280-x. PMID 20047112.
  • Djerassi, Carl (2009). "Ludwig Haberlandt--"Grandfather of the Pill"". Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. Austria. 121 (23–24): 727–8. doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1271-y. PMID 20047108.
  • Müller-Jahncke, W D (Aug 1988). "Ludwig Haberlandt (1885–1932) and the development of hormonal contraception". Z Gesamte Inn Med (in German). GERMANY, EAST. 43 (15): 420–2. ISSN 0044-2542. PMID 3051743.


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