Joseph Hugo Vincenz Disse (25 December 1852 – 9 July 1912) was a German
anatomist
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and
histologist
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
born in
Brakel,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
.
Biography
Disse studied at the
University of Erlangen
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, and after graduation became an assistant to anatomist
Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921) at
Strassburg
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. From 1880 to 1888 he was an instructor at the
University of Tokyo
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, and afterwards became an associate professor at the
University of Göttingen
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. From 1895 to 1912 he was a professor 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 ...
.
He specialized in the fields of
microscopic anatomy
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
,
embryology
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and
histology
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vi ...
. His name is associated with the "
space of Disse
The perisinusoidal space (or space of Disse) is a location in the liver between a hepatocyte and a sinusoid. It contains the blood plasma. Microvilli of hepatocytes extend into this space, allowing proteins and other plasma components from the si ...
", which is a perisinosoidal space of the
liver
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.
References
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University of Marburg, Internationalität in der Wissenschaft
German anatomists
German histologists
Academic staff of the University of Marburg
1852 births
1912 deaths
People from Höxter (district)
Physicians from North Rhine-Westphalia
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