Karl Koester (born 2 April 1843 in

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, died 2 December 1904 in

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) was a German pathologist and rector of the

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from 1898 to 1899. He was professor of pathology and director of the Institute of Pathology at the University of Bonn from 1874 to 1904. He held the title Geheimer Medizinalrat. Koester studied medicine in

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and

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, and obtained his doctoral degree in Würzburg in 1867. His doctoral advisor and mentor was

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, and he subsequently worked as Recklinghausen's assistant. From 1873 to 1874 he was professor of general medical pathology and anatomical pathology at the

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. He succeeded

Eduard von Rindfleisch Georg Eduard von Rindfleisch (15 December 1836 – 6 December 1908) was a German pathologist and histologist. He was born in Köthen and died in Würzburg. Academic career He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin and Heidelberg, earning his do ...

as professor of pathology at the University of Bonn in 1874. In 1868 he published ''Ueber die feinere Structur der menschlichen Nabelschnur'' ("On the finer structure of the human

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").''Ueber die feinere Structur der menschlichen Nabelschnur''
HathiTrust Digital Library He became a member of the

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in 1880.

Selected works

* ''Cancroid mit hyaliner Degeneration (Cylindroma Billroth's)'', Berlin, 1867 * ''Ueber die feinere Structur der menschlichen Nabelschnur'' (diss.), Würzburg, 1868 * ''Die Entwicklung der Carcinome und Sarcome'', Würzburg, 1869 * ''Die embolische Endcartitis'', Berlin, 1878 * ''Ueber Freizügigkeit der Studierenden der Medizin an den Universitäten deutscher Zunge'', Bonn, 1884 * ''Über Myokarditis'', Bonn, 1888

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koster, Karl German pathologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni University of Tübingen alumni University of Würzburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Academic staff of the University of Giessen Academic staff of the University of Bonn People from Bad Dürkheim (district) 1843 births 1904 deaths Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina