Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff

Who was Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff?

Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff was a German physician and biologist who lectured on pathological anatomy at Heidelberg and held professorships in anatomy and physiology at Giessen and Munich where he was appointed to the chair of anatomy and physiology in 1854. His most important contributions were made in embryology with a series of four exhaustive memoirs on the development of the mammalian ovum published in 1842, 1845, 1852, and 1854. His studies concerning animal metabolism by measuring urea were less successful, as was his research of the anatomy of skull and brain.