Friedrich Hensing

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing
Born (1719-04-17)April 17, 1719
Giessen, Germany
Died November 9, 1745(1745-11-09) (aged 26)
Giessen, Germany
Nationality Germany
Fields Medicine ،Anatomy
Institutions University of Giessen
Known for The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after his death.

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 - 9 November 1745) born in Giessen, a German professor for medicine and Anatomy at University of Giessen.[1]

The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after his death.[1][2]

Life

Hensing was a son of John Thomas Hensing, and his wife is Maria Juliana, the daughter of Friedrich Nitsch, the Hessian Court Assessors at the Law Faculty and Vice-Chancellor of University of Giessen.[3]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Friedrich W. Hensing". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  2. "Hensing ligament". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  3. Donald B. Tower: Hensing: Der erste Hirnchemiker. Kurzfassung des Buches: Donald B. Tower: Hensing, 1719 - An Account of the First Chemical Examination of the Brain and the Discovery of Phosphorus Therein. Set against the background of Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A Source Book in the History of Neurochemistry. New York 1983. Die Übersetzung der englischen Kurzfassung besorgte Jost Benedum, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.
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