Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer
Karl Wilhelm Ritteranatomist who discovered stellate macrophage cells that bear his name.
Academic career
He was the eldest son of pastor Karl Hermann Kupffer (1797–1860). In 1854, he obtained his medical doctorate from the
Dorpat
, where he later became an associate professor.
In 1866 he was appointed chair of anatomy at the
University of Munich
.
Scientific research
Kupffer is largely known for his work in the fields of
philosopher Immanuel Kant.[2]
In regards to his discovery of "
Jagellonian University in Kraków
, correctly identified them as macrophages.
Selected works
- De medullae spinalis textura in ranis ratione imprimis habita indolis substantiae cinerae, 1854
- Der Schädel von Immanuel Kant, Archiv für Anthropologie, Band 13
- Über Sternzellen in der Leber, brief an Prof. Waldyer, 1876, Archiv, Mikroskopische Anatomie, 12, 352–358
- (with Berthold Benecke): Photogramme zur Ontogenie der Vogel, etc. 1879.
- Über die sogennanten Sternzellen der Säugethierleber, Archiv, Mikroskopische Anatomie, 1899, 54, 254–288
- Über Sternzellen der Leber, Versammlung 1898, Veröffentlicht 1898, anatomische Geselschaft.
See also
References
- This article contains information based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
- Porträt, Mit (1903). "Karl v. Kupffer". Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie. 62: 669–718. S2CID 88453516.
- ^ Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Sir (denoting a Knight), not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
- PMID 14960154.
- ^ The Global and the Local: The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe. Proceedings of the 2nd ICESHS (Cracow, Poland, September 6–9, 2006) / Ed. by M. Kokowski, Browicz or Kupffer cells?
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