Johann Veit was a German gynecologist. He was the son of obstetrician and gynecologist Gustav Veit

Gustav Veit

Aloys Constantin Conrad Gustav Veit was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Leobschütz. He was the father of gynecologist Johann Veit ....

 (1824-1903).

In 1874 Johann Veit earned his medical degree at Humboldt University in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, and in 1879 became an assistant physician at the university Frauenklinik. In 1893 he attained the title of professor extraordinarius, and afterwards was a professor at the Universities of Leiden (1896), Erlangen (1902) and Halle (1904). At Halle he served as rector

Rector

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 in 1911-12. While still a student he served as a medic during the Franco-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...

.

During his tenure in Berlin, Veit worked closely with Carl Arnold Ruge

Carl Arnold Ruge

Carl Arnold Ruge was a German pathologist who was a native of Berlin. For most of his career he was associated with clinical work done at the Charité-Berlin. From 1882 until 1912 he was director of the pathological institute at the gynecological clinic at the Charité...

 (1846-1926) in establishing gynecological histopathology

Histopathology

Histopathology refers to the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease...

 standards, particularly involving the setup of microscopic diagnostics for early detection and analysis of uterus carcinomas

Uterine cancer

The term uterine cancer may refer to any of several different types of cancer which occur in the uterus, namely:*Uterine sarcomas: sarcomas of the myometrium, or muscular layer of the uterus, are most commonly leiomyosarcomas.*Endometrial cancer:...

. His written works included publications on female reproductive anatomy

Anatomy

Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

, gynecological diseases and ectopic pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy, or eccysis , is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo implants outside the uterine cavity. With rare exceptions, ectopic pregnancies are not viable. Furthermore, they are dangerous for the parent, since internal haemorrhage is a life threatening complication...

, and with Robert von Olshausen

Robert Michaelis von Olshausen

Robert Michaelis von Olshausen was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Kiel. In 1857 he earned his doctorate from Königsberg, and subsequently was a medical assistant in Berlin and Halle an der Saale...

 (1835-1915) he was co-publisher of Karl Schroeder

Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder

Karl Ludwig Ernst Friedrich Schroeder was a German gynecologist . He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Rostock. He earned his doctorate in 1864, and became an assistant to Gustav Veit at the University of Bonn. Afterwards he practiced medicine at the University of Erlangen and...

's Lehrbuch der Geburshülfte from 1888 to 1899.