Immanuel Munk (30 May 1852, Posen – 1 August 1903,

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) was a German

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. He was the younger brother of physiologist

Hermann Munk Hermann Munk (3 February 1839 – 1 October 1912) was a German physiologist. He was born at Posen, studied at Berlin and Göttingen, and in 1862 became docent in the former university. Seven years afterward he was promoted to assistant professo ...

(1839–1912). He studied medicine at the Universities of

, Breslau, and

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, obtaining his doctorate in 1873 with the thesis ''Versuche über die Wirkung des Kryptopins''. At Berlin, his influences included

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and

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. In 1883, he began work as a lecturer in physiology and

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, and from 1895, he was an associate professor to the Faculty of Medicine in Berlin. In 1899, he attained a full professorship.Google Books
DMW, Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Volume 29, Issue 2The Jewish Encyclopedia; Volume 9
edited by Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler His research primarily dealt with issues pertaining to

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, urinary secretions, and the absorption/formation of animal

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, to name a few. His scientific papers appeared mainly in "

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", " Pflüger's Archiv", and in the physiological division of the "''Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie''". In 1897, he became editor of the periodical ''Centralblatt für Physiologie''.

Published works

* ''Physiologie des Menschen und der Säugethiere : Lehrbuch für Studirende und aerzte'', 1881.OCLC Classify
publications * ''Die Ernährung des gesunden und kranken Menschen : Handbuch der Diätetik für Arzte, Verwaltungsbeamte und Vorsteher von Heil- und Pflege-Anstalten'', 1887 – A handbook of

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co-authored with

University of Rostock The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continen ...

hygienist Julius Uffelmann. Its third edition was published in 1895 by Munk and Carl Anton Ewald. * ''Einzelernährung und Massenernährung'', 1893 : included in

Theodor Weyl Theodor Weyl (8 January 1851 – 6 June 1913) was a German chemist and hygienist born in Berlin. He studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Strasbourg, earning his doctorate in 1872 with a dissertation on animal and plant protein ...

's "Handbuch der Hygiene".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Munk, Immanuel 1852 births 1903 deaths Physicians from Poznań Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin German physiologists Scientists from the Kingdom of Prussia