Johann Gottlieb Walter (1 July 1734 – 4 January 1818) was a German physician, specialising in human anatomy.
Johann Gottlieb Walter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 July 1734 |
| Died | 4 January 1818 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | work in human anatomy, large sample collection |
Walter was born in Königsberg. He studied in Königsberg and Berlin under Johann Friedrich Meckel von Hemsbach and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn. He was awarded a medical degree at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1757. After Meckel's death, he became professor of anatomy in Berlin in 1774.[1]
Walter started and maintained a large collection and museum of anatomical samples, which was bought for 100.000 Thaler by the state, and became the foundation for the anatomical-zoological museum of the Berlin Academy.[1]
Walter died in Berlin.
Works
edit- Theses anatomico-physiologicae, dissertationi de emissariis Santorini praemissae (Königsberg 1757).
- Observationes anatomicae (Berlin 1775).
- Epistola anatomica de venis oculi summatim et in specie de venis oculi profundis, retinae, corporis ciliaris, capsulae lentis corporis vitrei et denique de arteria centrali retinae (Berlin 1778).
- Tabulae nervorum thoracis et abdominis (Berlin 1783),[1] in 1804 published in English as "Plates of the Thoracic and Abdominal Nerves, Reduced from the Original as Published by Order of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin".
- Myologisches Handbuch (Berlin 1795).
- Abhandlung von trocknen Knochen des menschlichen Körpers (Berlin 1798).
- Museum anatomicum per decem lustra congestum, (1805).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c ADB:Walter, Johann Gottlieb Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Google Books publications
