Karl Friedrich Heusinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German pathologist
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Place of Birth: Farnroda, Thuringia, Germany
About Karl Friedrich Heusinger
- Karl Friedrich Heusinger (28 February 1792 – 5 May 1883) was a German pathologist who was a native of Farnroda.
- He studied medicine in Jena and Marburg, and afterwards was an assistant to Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837) at the University of Göttingen.
- In 1813 he served as a military doctor in the Prussian Army, and later was a professor at the Universities of Jena (from 1821), Würzburg (from 1824) and Marburg (1829–83). Heusinger was a pioneer in the field of comparative pathology.
- In 1829 he published an influential work on physical and psychological anthropology titled GrundriĂź der physischen und psychischen Anthropologie.
- Among his other writings was a German translation of François Magendie's (1783-1855) Précis élémentaire de physiologie, and letters of correspondence with naturalist Charles Darwin.
- He also wrote a remarkable review of geophagy, titled Die sogenannte Geophagie oder tropische (besser: Malaria-) Chlorose als Krankheit aller Länder und Klimate.
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