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Heinrich August Wrisberg

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Heinrich Wrisberg
Heinrich August Wrisberg (1739-1808)
Born20 June 1739
Died29 March 1808 (aged 68)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forWrisberg cartilages
Wrisberg ganglion
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomist and gynaecologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
Doctoral studentsJustus Christian Loder
Other notable studentsChristoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Heinrich August Wrisberg (20 June 1739 – 29 March 1808) was an anatomist. He also published under the Latinized version of his name as Henricus Augustus Wrisberg.

Education

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He obtained his MD in 1763 at the University of Göttingen with a thesis entitled: De Respiratione Prima Nervo Phrenico Et Calore Animali: Pavca Disserit Et Simvl Vicarias Anatomiam Profitendi Operas Ad Diem XXIV. Octobris Aperiendas Indicit.

Career

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He was a professor of medicine and obstetrics. Wrisberg studied the sympathetic nervous system and described the Wrisberg ganglion of the cardiac plexus. He also wrote a text on hernias.

The cuneiform cartilages are sometimes called the "Wrisberg cartilages".[1]

There are two nerves known as the nerve of Wrisberg.

References

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  1. ^ "cartilage+of+Wrisberg - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
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