Eugen Albrecht (21 June 1872, in

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– 18 June 1908, in

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) was a German

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. His research largely dealt with the physical-chemical status of cells under normal and pathological conditions.Aachen - Braniß by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company
(biography in German) In 1895 he obtained his doctorate from the

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, where he was a student of Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer. Afterwards, he was an assistant to

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at the institute of

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in Halle, followed by work at the '' Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn'' in

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(1897–98). In 1899 he became an assistant to

Otto Bollinger Otto Bollinger (2 April 1843 – 13 August 1909) was a German pathologist born in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1868, he obtained his doctorate in Berlin and two years later received his habilitation. He taught classes at the ...

at the institute of pathology in Munich. From 1900 to 1904, he served as

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at the '' Städtisches Krankenhaus rechts der Isar''. In 1904, he succeeded

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as director of the Senckenberg Institute of Pathological Anatomy in Frankfurt.Geschichte Der Histopathologie by Georg Dhom
(biography in German) He died four years later of a pulmonary hemorrhage caused by

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.Selected Items From the History of Pathology
Eugen Albrecht M.D. (1872-1908): Hamartoma and Choristoma He is remembered for development of the concept of "

hamartoma A hamartoma is a mostly benign, local malformation of cells that resembles a neoplasm of local tissue but is usually due to an overgrowth of multiple aberrant cells, with a basis in a systemic genetic condition, rather than a growth descended fr ...

and

choristoma Choristomas, a form of heterotopia, are masses of normal tissues found in abnormal locations. In contrast to a neoplasm or tumor, the growth of a choristoma is normally regulated. It is different from a hamartoma. The two can be differentiated a ...

" in an attempt to describe the relationship between abnormal formation and tumor. In 1907 he founded the journal ''Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Pathologie''.

Published works

* ''Vorfragen der Biologie'', 1899 - Preliminary issues of

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. * ''Struktur der Leberzelle'', 1899 - Structure of the liver cell. * ''Zur Frage der Coagulations nekrose'' (with Hans Schmaus), 1899 - On

coagulative necrosis Coagulative necrosis is a type of accidental cell death typically caused by ischemia or infarction. In coagulative necrosis, the architectures of dead tissue are preserved for at least a couple of days. It is believed that the injury denatures stru ...

. * ''Gegen die Teleologie'', 1899 - About

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. * ''Pathologie der Zelle'', 1902 - Pathology of the cell. * ''Über das Cavernom der Milz'', 1902 - On cavernoma of the

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. * ''Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Kernmembran'', 1903 - Experimental investigations on the

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. * ''Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie'' (with Otto Bollinger), 1903 - Contribution to

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