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Wilhelm Krause

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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Krause (12 July 1833 – 4 February 1910) was a German anatomist born in Hanover. He was the son of anatomist Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797-1868).

Krause studied at Göttingen, where he became member of the Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity).[citation needed] He earned his medical doctorate in 1854 and became an associate professor at the University of Göttingenin 1860. In 1892 he was appointed head of the Anatomical Institute Laboratory in Berlin.[citation needed]

Krause discovered and described mechanoreceptors that were to become known as "Krause's corpuscles", sometimes referred to as "Krause's end-bulbs".[citation needed] His name is also associated with:

Krause also researched in the field of embryology. Among his students at Göttingen was bacteriologist Robert Koch (1843-1910).[citation needed] Krause is credited with the publication of over 100 medical articles.

Written works

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  • Die terminalen Körperchen der einfach sensiblen Nerven. Hannover, (Treatise on Krause's corpuscles), 1860
  • Anatomische Untersuchungen, 1861.
  • Die Trichinenkrankheit und ihre Verhütung
  • Uber die Nervenendigung in der Geschlectsorganen, 1866.
  • Ueber die Allantois des Menschen, 1875.
  • Handbuch der menschlichen Anatomie. (Third edition of his father's work) 3 volumes; Hanover, 1876, 1879, 1880.
  • Die Anatomie des Kaninchens, publisher: Leipzig: Engelmann, 1884.

References

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  1. ^ Stedman's Medical Eponyms by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
  2. ^ Stedman's Medical Eponyms by Thomas Lathrop Stedman; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005 - Medical - 899 pages