Friedrich Sigmund Merkel
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (5 April 1845 – 28 May 1919) was a leading German anatomist and histopathologist of the late 19th century. In 1875 he provided the first full description of Tastzellen (touch cells) which occur in the skin of all vertebrates.[1] They were subsequently given the eponym Merkel cells in 1878 by Robert Bonnet (1851–1921).
Merkel was a native of Nürnberg. In 1869 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Erlangen, becoming habilitated in the field of anatomy during the following year. He was a professor at the Universities of Rostock (from 1872), Königsberg (from 1883) and Göttingen (from 1885). Two of his better known assistants were Dietrich Barfurth (1849-1927) and Hermann Kuhnt (1850-1925),
Selected publications
- Das Mikroskop und seine Anwendung, 1875
- Handbuch der topographischen Anatomie (Textbook of Topographical Anatomy), 1885-1907
- Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwickelungsgeschichte; from 1892 one annual volume, published with Robert Bonnet (1851-1921).
- Menschliche Embryonen verschiedenen Alters auf Medianschnitten untersucht, 1894
- Die Anatomie des Menschen. Mit Hinweisen auf die ärztliche Praxis, 1913-18
References
- ^ Merkel FS. (1875). Tastzellen und Tastkörperchen bei den Hausthieren und beim Menschen. Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie, 11: 636-652.
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