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Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Born(1809-07-09)9 July 1809
Died13 May 1885(1885-05-13) (aged 75)
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg
University of Bonn
Known forLoop of Henle, Handbook of Systematic Human Anatomy
Scientific career
FieldsPathology, anatomy
Doctoral advisorJohannes Peter Müller[1]

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (German: [ˈhɛnlə]; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for the germ theory of disease.[2] He was an important figure in the development of modern medicine.[3]

  1. ^ "Neurotree - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle". Neurotree.org. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ See:
    • Henle, Jacob (1840). "Von den Miasmen und Contagien und von den miasmatisch-contagiösen Krankheiten [Of miasmas and contagions and of miasmic-contagious diseases]". Pathologische Untersuchungen [Pathology Investigations] (in German). Berlin, (Germany): August Hirschwald. pp. 1–82.
    • English translation: Rosen, George (1938). "On miasmata and contagia". Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine. 4: 907–983.
  3. ^ Robinson, Victor, M.D. (1921). The Life of Jacob Henle. New York: Medical Life Co.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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