Johann Gottlieb Walter
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Johann Gottlieb Walter was a German physician, specialising in human anatomy
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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 Meckels death, he became professor of anatomy in Berlin in 1774.
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 collection of the zoology department of the Humboldt University of Berlin
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Walter died in Berlin
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Human anatomy
Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by the naked eye...
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Walter was born in Königsberg
Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
. He studied in Königsberg and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
under Johann Friedrich Meckel von Hemsbach and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn was a German physician. His middle name is sometimes misspelled Nathaniel....
. He was awarded a medical degree at Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the town of Słubice which was a part of Frankfurt until 1945. At the end of the 1980s it reached a population peak with more than 87,000 inhabitants...
in 1757. After Meckels death, he became professor of anatomy in Berlin in 1774.
Walter started and maintained a large collection and museum of anatomical samples, which was bought for 100.000 Thaler
Thaler
The Thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. Its name lives on in various currencies as the dollar or tolar. Etymologically, "Thaler" is an abbreviation of "Joachimsthaler", a coin type from the city of Joachimsthal in Bohemia, where some of the first such...
by the state, and became the foundation for the anatomical-zoological collection of the zoology department of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
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Walter died in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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Works
- Theses anatomico-physiologicae, dissertationi de emissariis Santorini praemissae (Königsberg 1757)
- Abhandlung von trocknen Knochen des menschlichen Körpers (Berlin 1798)
- Observationes anatomicae (Berlin 1775)
- Myologisches Handbuch (Berlin 1795)
- 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).