Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1 December 1839 – 4 August 1902) was a German otolaryngologist born in

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. From 1859 he studied medicine at the universities of

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and Tübingen. In 1877/78 he worked as assistant under Wilhelm Olivier Leube in the polyclinic at the University of Erlangen. In 1880 he obtained his

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and in 1888 became an associate professor.Kiesselbach, Wilhelm
In:

Neue Deutsche Biographie ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cover ...

(NDB). Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, , S. 599 He was director of otolaryngology at the university clinic in Erlangen from 1889 to 1902. His name is associated with the eponymous Kiesselbach's plexus, which is the site where the anterior ethmoid artery, greater palatine artery, sphenopalatine artery and superior labial artery anastomose in the anteroinferior part of the nasal septum.

Written works

* ''Untersuchungen über die Anatomie des Schläfenbeins'' (Studies on the anatomy of the

temporal bone The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull, and lateral to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex. The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the temples, and house the structures of the ears. Th ...

). * ''Galvanische Reizung des Nervus acusticus'' (Electrical stimulation of the vestibulocochlear nerve). * ''Nasenbluten'' ( Epistaxis). * ''Zur Histologie der Ohrpolypen'' (

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 vis ...

of ear polyps). * ''Über Beziehungen zwischen Acusticus und Trigeminus'' (Relationship between the acusticus and trigeminus). He also edited the section on diseases of the nose and

pharynx The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the oesophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs). It is found in vertebrates and invertebrates, though its struc ...

for Penzoldt- Stintzing's "''Handbuch der Therapie''".

References

University Clinic of Erlangen Site
(translated from German)
Zeno.org
(list of publications) 1839 births 1902 deaths 19th-century German physicians People from Hanau Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Tübingen alumni University of Göttingen alumni University of Marburg alumni German otolaryngologists {{Germany-med-bio-stub