Philipp Stöhr the elder

Philipp Stöhr

Philipp Stöhr the Elder (born June 13, 1849 in Würzburg , † November 4, 1911 there ) was a German anatomist.

Life

The son of a wine merchant and innkeeper studied medicine at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , and in 1869 he became a member of the Corps Bavaria Würzburg . With a doctoral thesis with Albert Kölliker , he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. He trained at the anatomical institutes of the University of Leipzig , the University of Breslau and the University of Greifswald . In 1877 he became a prosector for anatomy, histology and embryology in Würzburg. He completed his habilitation in 1879. In 1882 he became a prosector and in 1884 an associate professor of anatomy. In 1882 he was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1889 he became full professor of anatomy at the University of Zurich .

As full professor from 1897 to 1911 and as Kölliker's successor to the Anatomical Institute from 1902, Stöhr built a leading school in scientific histology and embryology in Würzburg. Stöhr wrote the first textbook on histology useful for medical students, which had fifteen editions by 1912 and was continued until 1969 (30th edition).

The lymphatic system , especially the thymus, was one of his most important fields of work . His nephew Philipp Stöhr the Younger also became a full professor of anatomy at the University of Bonn .

Fonts

• with Carl Hasse, G. Born, H. Strasser: The natural system of the Elasmobranchs based on the structure and development of their spine . G. Fischer, Jena 1879–1885 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.8431
• with Adolf Fick : Compendium of Human Physiology . 3rd edition, Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1882. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.44167
• Textbook of human histology and microscopic anatomy including microscopic technology. Gustav Fischer, Jena
  • 1887 online
  • 5th edition 1902 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.44509
  • 16th edition 1915 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Translated into English by Emma L. Billstein , edited by Alfred Schaper : Text-book of histology, including the microscopical technique . P. Blakiston, Philadelphia 1896 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.44145
  • Translated into English by Frederic T. Lewis : Stöhr's Histology . P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia 1910. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.1207 (translation of the 12th German edition)
  • Translated into English by Frederic T. Lewis: A text-book of histology . P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia 1913. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.29720 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.1215 (translation of the 15th German edition)

literature

• Reinhard Lerner: Philipp Stöhr 1849–1911. In: Hugo Freund, Alexander Berg (ed.): History of microscopy: life and work of great researchers. Volume 2 ( medicine ), Umschau, Frankfurt am Main 1964, pp. 383-388.
• Stöhr, Philipp. In: Hans-Michael Körner (Ed.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 volumes. Saur, Munich 2005, vol. 3, p. 1906 ( online ).
• Reinhard Hildebrand: Rudolf Albert von Koelliker and his circle. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 3, 1985, pp. 127-151, here: p. 141.

Web links

• Literature by and about Philipp Stöhr the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Overview of the courses held by Philipp Stöhr the Elder at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1889 to winter semester 1897)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 138/395.
2. ↑ Dissertation: About the Conus arteriosus of the Selachians, Chimeras and Ganoids .
3. ↑ Habilitation thesis: On the history of the development of the Urodel skull .
4. ^ Peter Schättin: The Anatomical Institute in Würzburg from 1897–1925. Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1977, p. 24 f.
5. ^ History of the institute , Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, website of the University of Würzburg, accessed on September 1, 2013.
6. ↑ Reinhard Hildebrand: Rudolf Albert von Koelliker and his circle. 1985, p. 141.