Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Bruch
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1819 – 1884
Who was Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Bruch?
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Bruch was a German anatomist born in Mainz.
In 1842 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Giessen, and in 1845 he received his habilitation with a dissertation on rigor mortis called "Nonnulla de Rigore Mortis". In 1850 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Basel, and in 1855 returned to Giessen as a professor.
Associated eponyms
"Bruch's glands": Lymph nodes located in the palpebral conjunctiva. Sometimes referred to as trachoma glands.
"Bruch's membrane": Innermost layer of the choroid.
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- Born
- May 1, 1819
Mainz - Education
- University of Giessen
- Died
- Jan 4, 1884
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on July 23, 2013
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