Werner Spalteholz
Werner Spalteholz (born February 27, 1861 in Dresden , † January 12, 1940 in Leipzig ) was a German anatomist .
Live and act
Spalteholz was the son of a merchant. He studied, earned his doctorate and completed his habilitation at the University of Leipzig , where he worked as a second prosector from 1892 . From 1905 to 1929 he was the first prosector.
Among other things, he worked in the field of whitening preparations and discovered a way to make anatomical preparations transparent. In 1911, preparations that he had made were shown at the 1st hygiene exhibition in Dresden . From this point on he worked closely with the Hygiene Museum . His main work, the hand atlas of human anatomy , appeared in three volumes from 1895 and is still published today. In 1929 Spalteholz retired.
His estate is kept in the main state archive in Dresden ; a large part of his whitening preparations, which were in the teaching collection of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Leipzig, were destroyed in the Second World War.
Fonts (selection)
- Hand atlas of human anatomy . Leipzig: S. Hirzel (3 vols.) Volume 1 - Internet Archive , Volume 2 - Internet Archive , Volume 3 - Internet Archive
- Hand atlas of human anatomy . Rodopi, Amsterdam 1966 (3 vols.)
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Spalteholz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the main state archive in Dresden
- Overview of Werner Spalteholz's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1891 to summer semester 1914)
- Werner Spalteholz in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spalteholz, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1940 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |