Franz Schweigger-Seidel (September 24, 1834 – August 23, 1871) was a German
physiologist
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born in
Halle an der Saale. He was the son of
chemist Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel (16 October 1795 – 5 June 1838); born as Franz Wilhelm Seidel was a German physician and chemist born in Weißenfels. He was the father of physiologist Franz Schweigger-Seidel (1834–1871).
Trained as a pha ...
(1795-1838).
In 1858 he obtained his doctorate from the
University of Halle with a dissertation titled ''Disquisitiones de callo''. Afterwards he served as an assistant to
Rudolf Heidenhain (1834-1897) at the physiological institute in
Breslau, and from 1865 was an assistant to
Carl Ludwig (1816-1895) at the
University of Leipzig. In 1866 he received his habilitation, and during the following year became an associate professor at
Leipzig.
His name is associated with "
Schweigger-Seidel sheaths", which are spindle-shaped sleeves that cover penicillar
arterioles of the
spleen.
Selected writings
* ''Über den Übergang körperlicher Bestandteile aus dem Blute in die Lymphgefäße'', Leipzig (1861)
* ''Die Nieren des Menschen und der Säugetiere in ihrem feineren Bau'', Halle (1865)
* ''Über das Centrum tendineum des Zwerchfelles''. Arbeiten aus der Physiologischen Anstalt zu Leipzig, with Carl Ludwig (1866)
* ''Einige Bemerkungen über die rothen Blutkörperchen''. Arbeiten aus der Physiologischen Anstalt zu Leipzig, with
Alexander Schmidt (1867)
* ''Die Lymphgefässe der Fascien und Sehnen''. Leipzig, with Carl Ludwig (1872)
References
Franz Schweigger-Seidel(biography)
(biography)
Color atlas of cytology, histology, and microscopic anatomyby Wolfgang Kühnel (definition of eponym)
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1834 births
1871 deaths
Biologists from the Kingdom of Prussia
Scientists from Halle (Saale)
German physiologists
Academic staff of Leipzig University