Max Clara
Encyclopedia
Max Clara was an Austria
n anatomist. He was appointed as Chair of Anatomy
at Leipzig University in 1935. Clara is known for having close ties with the Nazi Party, basing much of his controversial work on his studies of the bodies of executed prisoners. His main work, "Das Nervensystem des Manschen" (The Nervous System of Man) has been edited 1942 in Leipzig during the 3rd Reich's dictatorship but also 1953, during soviet dictatorship. It is clear therefore that his contribution to neurology and anatomy was indiscutable politically. - The substance of his atcivity as medical researcher was not a political one.
In 1937, he discovered previously unknown cells
found in human lung
s, which were later eponym
ously named Clara cell
s.
Max Clara: "Das Nervensstem des Menschen" - Pages : 772. [With many black-white and coloured figures and photographies.] Erste Auflage (First Edition)1942 (Deutsches Reich - German Empire), Zweite Auflage (Second Edition)1953 (Deutsche Demokratische Republik - German Democratic Republic): Copyright by Publishung House "Johann Ambrosius Barth", Leipzig
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n anatomist. He was appointed as Chair of Anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
at Leipzig University in 1935. Clara is known for having close ties with the Nazi Party, basing much of his controversial work on his studies of the bodies of executed prisoners. His main work, "Das Nervensystem des Manschen" (The Nervous System of Man) has been edited 1942 in Leipzig during the 3rd Reich's dictatorship but also 1953, during soviet dictatorship. It is clear therefore that his contribution to neurology and anatomy was indiscutable politically. - The substance of his atcivity as medical researcher was not a political one.
In 1937, he discovered previously unknown cells
Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....
found in human lung
Lung
The lung is the essential respiration organ in many air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of the heart...
s, which were later eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ously named Clara cell
Clara cell
Clara cells are dome-shaped cells with short microvilli found in the small airways of the lungs.Clara cells are found in the ciliated simple epithelium...
s.
See also
- List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations
Max Clara: "Das Nervensstem des Menschen" - Pages : 772. [With many black-white and coloured figures and photographies.] Erste Auflage (First Edition)1942 (Deutsches Reich - German Empire), Zweite Auflage (Second Edition)1953 (Deutsche Demokratische Republik - German Democratic Republic): Copyright by Publishung House "Johann Ambrosius Barth", Leipzig