Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Physician, Deceased Person
1809 – 1885
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Who was Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle?
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle 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. He was an important figure in the development of modern medicine.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1809
Fürth - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
- Lived in
- Fürth
- Died
- May 13, 1885
Göttingen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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