Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth (20 October 1772 – 2 May 1835) was a German physician born in

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. He studied medicine at Karlsschule Stuttgart, and following graduation attended lectures by

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(1752–1832) and

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(1745–1821) at

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. Afterwards he accompanied his father to the United States, where he practiced medicine for several months in

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. In 1797 he was appointed professor of

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...

and

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at the

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. In 1805 he founded an in-patient clinic at Tübingen, where in 1822 he was appointed chancellor of the university. Autenrieth specialized in

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, and was considered one of the top clinical physicians during the early part of the 19th century. One of his better written efforts was an 1806 treatise on

forensics Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and crimina ...

titled "''Anleitung für gerichtliche Ärzte und Wundärzte''". He died in Tübingen.

Associated eponym

* "Bayford-Autenrieth dysphagia":

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with compression of the

esophagus The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English; both ), non-technically known also as the food pipe or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the ...

by an aberrant right subclavian artery. Named with English surgeon

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