Otto Funke (Physiologist)
Otto Funke (born October 27, 1828 in Chemnitz , † August 17, 1879 in Freiburg i. Br. ) Was a German physiologist .
Life
Funke studied in Leipzig and Heidelberg from 1846 to 1851 . In 1852 he was qualified as a private lecturer in physiology in Leipzig . At the University of Leipzig he was appointed associate professor of physiological chemistry in 1853 and full professor in 1856. From 1860 he was professor of physiology and zoology at the University of Freiburg . Since 1858 he was a member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences .
In 1851, Funke succeeded in crystallizing blood for the first time ("Funkesche Kristalle"). This was a precursor to the discovery of hemoglobin by Felix Hoppe-Seyler . He also researched the mode of action of arrow poisons ( curare ), blood formation in the spleen and many other physiological areas.
Works
- Funke, Otto (1851). Ztschr.f. advice. Med., NF 1 , 172.
- Textbook of Physiology (7th edition by Grünhagen, Hamburg 1884)
- Atlas of physiological chemistry (Leipzig 1853, 2nd edition 1858), supplement to Lehmann's textbook of physiological chemistry
- Chapter on the sense of touch and communal feelings. In: Hermanns Handbuch der Physiologie (Vol. 3, Leipzig 1880)
Web links
- Works by and about Otto Funke in the German Digital Library
- Overview of lectures by Otto Funke (physiologist) at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1853 to summer semester 1860)
- Otto Funke (physiologist) in the professor catalog of the University of Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spark, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physiologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1879 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |