Wilhelm Netzel
{{Short description|Swedish gynecologist and obstetrician}}{{Infobox person
| name = Nils Wilhelm Netzel
| birth_date = 1 November 1834
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1914|02|07|1834|11|01}}
| nationality = Swedish
| alma_mater = Uppsala University
| occupation = gynecologist
obstetrician
| spouse = Laura Constance Netzel
}}
Nils Wilhelm Netzel (1 November 1834 – 7 February 1914) was a Swedish gynecologist and obstetrician.
Biography
Netzel was born in Stockholm and studied at Uppsala University, completing his dissertation in 1865 on puerperal changes in modern life. In 1863 he took a position as assistant in the obstetric department at the General Maternity Hospital in Stockholm. In 1864 he became a substitute lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology at the Karolinska Institute, and in 1865 became a regular lecturer and in 1879, a professor. In 1887 he succeeded Anders Anderson as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and retained this position until 1889.{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/nfbs/0456.html |title=Tricking/Uggleupplagan, 19th Mycenae - Norrpada|pages=819–820|year=1913|publisher=Projekt Runeberg|access-date=17 January 2013}} He performed his first ovariotomy in 1869 and later published numerous studies, providing important research for development of medical procedures.{{cite book |title=British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review: Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Volume 50|publisher=J & A Churchill|year=1872}} In 1904 he was elected an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Medicine. He died in Stockholm.
In 1866 Netzel married Swedish composer and music conductor Laura Netzel. He maintained a herbarium which was donated on his death to the Stockholm University. A biography of his life was published in 1914 by Frans Johan Eugène Westermark.{{cite book |title=Nils Wilhelm Netzel|author=Frans Johan Eugène Westermark|year=1914}}
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