Leopold Auerbach (doctor)
Leopold Auerbach (born April 27, 1828 in Breslau in Prussia (today in Poland ), † September 30, 1897 there ) was a German anatomist and pathologist .
Life
Auerbach studied medicine in Breslau , Berlin and Leipzig . He received his doctorate in 1849 and from 1850 he practiced as a doctor in Breslau. In 1863 he completed his habilitation, became a private lecturer and in 1872 an associate professor for neuropathology in Breslau. In 1881 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy . Auerbach's main area of research was neuropathology. He was one of the first to use histological staining techniques. In 1862 he was the first to describe Auerbach's plexus ( plexus myentericus ), which is now named after him , a network of nerve cells in the muscle layers of the gastrointestinal tract that controls the motility and peristalsis of the digestive system. In addition, he researched muscle irritation, muscle hypertrophy and the lymphatic vessels of various organs.
The grave of Leopold Auerbach is in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Breslau (Wrocław).
Works
- Via a myenteric plexus . Breslau, Morgenstern, Breslau 1862.
- Construction of the blood and lymph capillaries . Central Journal for the Medical Sciences, Berlin, 1865.
- Lymph vessels of the intestine. Virchow's archive for pathological anatomy and physiology and for clinical medicine, Berlin, 33 (1865).
- True muscle hypertrophy . Virchow's archive for pathological anatomy and physiology and for clinical medicine, Berlin, 53 (1871).
- Organological studies . Breslau 1874. * '
literature
- Paul von Grützner: Auerbach, Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 85-87.
- Edith Heischkel-Artelt : Auerbach, Leopold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 434 ( digitized version ).
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Auerbach, Leopold. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 117.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry of Leopold Auerbach at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on May 23, 2016.
- ^ Pagel, Biographical Lexicon of Outstanding Doctors of the Nineteenth Century. Berlin, Vienna 1901, col. 59–60
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auerbach, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anatomist and pathologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1897 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |