August Franz Josef Karl Mayer

August Franz Josef Karl Mayer (2 November 1787 in Schwäbisch Gmünd – 9 November 1865 in Bonn) was a German anatomist and physiologist.

He received his education at the University of Tübingen, obtaining his doctorate in 1812. Afterwards, he worked as a prosector at the Academy of Bern, where in 1815 he was named a professor of anatomy and physiology. From 1819 to 1856 he was a professor at the University of Bonn. Among his better known students at Bonn were Johannes Peter Müller and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff.[1]

His name is associated with a female reproductive disorder known today as Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH); named in conjunction with Carl von Rokitansky, Hermann Küster and Georges André Hauser.[2]

Selected works

He was the author of around 145 published works, many of them written from the viewpoint of natural philosophy.[3]

  • Ueber Histologie und eine neue Eintheilung der Gewebe des menschlichen Körpers, 1819 – On histology and a new division of tissues of the human body.
  • Beschreibung einer graviditas interstitialis uteri, 1825.
  • Supplemente zur Biologie des Blutes und des Pflanzensaftes, Book 1, 1827 – Supplements on the biology of the blood and of plant sap.
  • Über Verdoppelungen des Uterus und ihre Arten, nebst Bemerkungen über Harenscharte und Wolfsrachen, 1829.[4]
  • Supplemente zur Lehre vom Kreislaufe, 1827 - Volume 1, 1835 – Supplements to the doctrine of circulation.
  • Flimmerbewegungen, Leben der Blutsphären, Monadenlehre: 2, 1836.
  • Die Metamorphose der Monaden, 1840 – The metamorphosis of monads.
  • Beiträge zur anatomie der entozoen, 1841 – Contributions to the anatomy of Entozoa.
  • Anatomische Untersuchungen über das Auge vom Walfisch, 1853 – Anatomical investigations on the eye of the whale.[5]
  • Ueber die Struktur der Häutedeckungen der Cetaceen, 1855 – On the structure of cetacean skin.[6]
  • Zur Anatomie des Orang-Utang und des Chimpanse, 1856 – On the anatomy of the orang-utan and the chimpanzee [7]
  • Ueber die fossilen Ueberreste eines menschlichen Schädels und Skeletes in einer Felsenhöhle des Düssel- oder Neander-Thales, 1864 – Concerning the fossil remains of a human skull and skeleton in a cave of the Düssel or Neander valley.[8]

References

  1. ^ ADB:Mayer, Karl (Mediziner) In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, S. 121 f.
  2. ^ Torres-; de la Roche, LA; Devassy, R; Gopalakrishnan, S; de Wilde, MS; Herrmann, A; Larbig, A; De Wilde, RL (2016). "Plastic neo-vaginal construction in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome: an expert opinion paper on the decision-making treatment process". GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW. 5: Doc08. doi:10.3205/iprs000087. PMC 4740437. PMID 26904393.
  3. ^ August Franz Joseph Karl Mayer at Who Named It
  4. ^ Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome at Who Named It
  5. ^ Google Search (published works)
  6. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
  7. ^ Zur Anatomie des Orang-Utang und des Chimpanse. 1856. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. ^ The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers edited by Vicki Cummings, Peter Jordan, Marek Zvelebil