Michael Pius Erdl

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Michael Pius Erdl (born May 5, 1815 in Bodenmais ; † February 25, 1848 Munich) was a German anatomist and physiologist.

He studied in Munich.

From 1836–37 he accompanied Gotthilf Heinrich Schubert on his trip to the Orient and discovered through his barometer measurements that the Dead Sea is deep below the level of the Mediterranean.

In 1840 he completed his habilitation in Munich as a private lecturer in physiology, embryology and comparative anatomy and became a full professor in 1844. Among other things, he worked on the development of the lobster egg, on the skeleton of Gymnarchus niloticus .

tomb

Grave of Michael Erdl on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The burial place of Michael Erdl is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (Wall Links Course at 312 burial ground 15) location . The well-known botanist and Brazilian researcher Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius also lies in this grave .

Honors

In 1845 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Publications

  • De oculo ; Munich 1839
  • De piscium glandula chloroideali ; 1839
  • De helicis algicae vasis sanguiferis ; 1840
  • On the structure of the teeth in the vertebrates
  • About the inner structure of the hair
  • About the cycle of the infusoria
  • About the tentacles of the polyps
  • Panels on the comparative anatomy of the skull ; 1841
  • About the development of the lobster egg ; Munich, 1843
  • Revision of Johann Heinrich Oesterreicher's Anatomical Atlas ; 18 issues, Erlangen 1843–45
  • Guide to the knowledge of the structure of the human Body ; 2 parts, Munich 1843–45
  • The development of humans and chickens in the egg ; Issues 1 and 2, Munich 1845–46
  • About the Gymnarchus niloiicus ; Bulletin d. Royal Bavarian Academy d. Science Munich, No. 69 (October 10, 1846) and No. 13 (April 13, 1847)
  • About a new form of electrical apparatus in Gymnarchus niloticus ; Munich scholar. Anz., 1847, Vol. XXIV.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Erdl
  2. ↑ The common grave of Martius and Erdl ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alter-suedfriedhof-muenchen.online
  3. ^ Member entry by Michael Erdl at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 26, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Erdl, Michael Pius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1848
Place of death Munich