Georg Meissner
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1829 – 1905
Who was Georg Meissner?
Georg Meissner was a German anatomist and physiologist born in Hanover.
He studied medicine at the University of Göttingen, where he worked closely with Rudolf Wagner. In 1851 he accompanied Wagner and Theodor Billroth on an expedition to Trieste, where he performed scientific studies of torpedo fish. In 1852 he earned his doctorate at Göttingen, and was later a university professor at Basel, Freiburg and Göttingen. – His name is associated with Meissner's corpuscles, which are mechanoreceptors that are responsible for sensitivity to light touch. They were first described in 1852, with Meissner and Wagner each feeling that he alone should be given priority as to discovery of the corpuscles. A controversy took place between the two men, causing a strained relationship that lasted for several years.
His name is also associated with Meissner's plexus, being described as the plexus submucosus of the alimentary tract. He also conducted research of physiological–chemical problems, in particular studies on the nature and the breakdown of proteins in the digestive system.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1829
Hanover - Also known as
- Мейсснер, Георг
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Mar 30, 1905
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on July 23, 2013
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