Friedrich Wilhelm Theile (11 November 1801, in

Buttstädt Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Weimar. The former municipalities Ellersleben, Eßleben-Teutleben, Großbrembach, Guthmannshausen, Hardisleben, Klein ...

– 20 October 1879, in

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) was a German physician and

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. In 1825 he received his medical doctorate from the

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with the dissertation-thesis . From 1828, with Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder, he was in charge of the pharmaceutical institute at Jena. In 1831 he became an associate professor, and three years later relocated to the

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as a full professor of anatomy. From 1853 he practiced medicine in Weimar, during which time, he largely concerned himself with literary activities.Friedrich Wilhelm Theile
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Selected works

* ''Lehre von den Muskeln und Gefäßen des menschlichen Körpers'', Volume 3 of the 2nd edition of

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's ''Vom Bau des menschlichen Körpers'', 1841 – On the muscles and blood vessels of the human body. * ''Anatomische Untersuchungen eines Hypospadeus'', In: Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin, Berlin, 1847: 17-32 – Anatomical investigations of

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. In addition to his own writings, he translated several works by foreign physicians and scientists —

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, Franciscus Cornelis Donders,

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and

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.Friedrich Wilhelm Theile - bibliography
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Eponymy

* "Theile's canal": the transverse pericardial sinus. * "Theile's glands": the glands of biliary mucosa. * "Theile's muscle": the

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References

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