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]
- 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.[7]
References
- ↑ ADB:Mayer, Karl (Mediziner) In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, S. 121 f.
- ↑ Plastic neo-vaginal construction in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW. 2016; 5: Doc08
- ↑ August Franz Joseph Karl Mayer at Who Named It
- ↑ Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome at Who Named It
- ↑ Google Search (published works)
- ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
- ↑ The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers edited by Vicki Cummings, Peter Jordan, Marek Zvelebil