Karl Bogislaus Reichert (1811–1883): from Kętrzyn to Konigsberg, Dorpat, Wroclaw and Berlin Cover Image

Karol Bogusław Reichert (1811–1883): z Kętrzyna do Królewca, Dorpatu, Wrocławia i Berlina
Karl Bogislaus Reichert (1811–1883): from Kętrzyn to Konigsberg, Dorpat, Wroclaw and Berlin

Author(s): Andrzej L. Komorowski
Subject(s): History, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Karl Bogislaus Reichert; embryology; anatomy; histology;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present Karol Boguslaw Reichert, a relatively unknown anatomist and embryologist born in Kętrzyn, Poland. The disciple of Johannes Muller and professor of various universities: Dorpat (Tartu), Berlin and Wrocław, he become famous for his theory of the internal ear bones development from pharyngeal arches. He was also a proponent of Theodor Schwann’s theory on the development of organisms from single cells.

  • Issue Year: XX/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 28-33
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish