Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing

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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (born April 17, 1719 in Gießen ; † November 9, 1745 in Gießen) was a German doctor , anatomist and professor of medicine in Gießen.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was the son of Johann Thomas Hensing (1683–1726), the associate professor of medicine and professor for chemical natural philosophy at the University of Giessen , and his wife Maria Juliana, geb. Nitsch, daughter of the Hessian court assessor at the law faculty and Vice Chancellor of the University of Giessen, Friedrich Nitsch .

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was first prosector from 1742 and from 1743 to 1745 representative of anatomy in Giessen . In the English-speaking world , the Hensing's ligament is named after him.

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donald B. Tower: Hensing: The first brain chemist. Short version of the book: Donald B. Tower: Hensing, 1719 - An Account of the First Chemical Examination of the Brain and the Discovery of Phosphorus Therein. Set against the background of Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A Source Book in the History of Neurochemistry. New York 1983. The translation of the English abridged version was done by Jost Benedum, Institute for the History of Medicine at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen.
  2. ↑ The Free Dictionary by Farlex, Medical Eponyms, Farlex, 2012th
personal data
SURNAME Hensing, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, anatomist and professor of medicine in Giessen
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1745
Place of death to water