Franz Ludwick Fick (18 May 1813 – 31 December 1858) was a professor of anatomy at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

Education

In 1835, he received his MD under Bünger from the

Career

Fick studied the developmental mechanics of bone growth, especially of the skull. He invented the

cerebral phantom Cerebral may refer to: * Of or relating to the brain * Cerebrum, the largest and uppermost part of the brain * Cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the cerebrum * Retroflex consonant, also referred to as a cerebral consonant, a type of consonant so ...

- an openable paper model showing the various parts of the brain that became the prototype of openable figures in medical texts. Fick wrote texts on human anatomy and pathology. He studied the mechanism of vision and the function of the

retina The retina (from la, rete "net") is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs. The optics of the eye create a focused two-dimensional image of the visual world on the retina, which then ...

. He investigated the function and performance of the

taste buds Taste buds contain the taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells. The taste receptors are located around the small structures known as papillae found on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus, the che ...

and described the anatomy of elephant's ears.

Books by Fick

* Franz Ludwig Fick
''Tractatus de illegitimo vasorum cursu hominibus innato cum tabulis duabus''
typis Elwerti academicis, 1854.

References

* ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'', Duncker & Humblot: 1953-1990, Vol. 5, pp. 128–129. * ''Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte'', Urban & Schwarzenberg: 1962, Vol. 2, p. 515. * ''Archiv Rassen-Ges. Biol. 1922-3'', Vol. 14, pp. 159–175. * I. Schnack, ''Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930,'' N. G. Elwert: 1939-1958, Vol. 4, pp. 74–82.

External links

Fick archive

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