Friedrich Hensing

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

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing
Born(1719-04-17)April 17, 1719
DiedNovember 9, 1745(1745-11-09) (aged 26)
NationalityGermany
Known forThe phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after his death.
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine ،Anatomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Giessen

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

  • Dissertatio Inauguralis De Peritonaeo. Lammers, 1742.
  • Denkmahl der Liebe. Hammer, 1744, 4 Seiten

References

  1. "Friedrich W. Hensing". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  2. "Hensing ligament". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  3. Donald B. Tower: Hensing: Der erste Hirnchemiker. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 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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