Died 1885-05-13.
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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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science · German physician (1809–1885) · anatomist · zoologist · medical researcher · pathologist · ichthyologist · university teacher · physician · also Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Henle, Henle, Jacob, Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob, Henle, F.G.J., F. G. J. Henle
Born 9 July 1809 · Died 13 May 1885 · Q77130
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1885· 2 entries
“Nature answers only when she is questioned.”
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1873· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1873).
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1870· 1 entry
Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1860· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1860).
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1852· 1 entry
Moved to Göttingen, whence he issued three years later the first instalment of his great Handbook of Systematic Human Anatomy, the last volume of which was not published until 1873
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1846· 1 entry
His famous Manual of Rational Pathology began to appear; this marked the beginning of a new era in pathological study, since in it physiology and pathology were treated, in Henle's own words, as branches of one science,
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1842· 1 entry
Naming them Acarus folliculorum (now known as Demodex folliculorum)
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1841· 1 entry
Henle was the first to observe microscopic mites residing in human hair follicles
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1840· 1 entry
Accepted the chair of anatomy at Zürich and in 1844 he was called to Heidelberg, where he taught anatomy, physiology, and pathology
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1832· 1 entry
Became prosector in anatomy to Johannes Müller at Berlin
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1809· 1 entry
Born 1809-07-09.
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