Paul Langerhans: Physiologist, Pathologist and Biologist
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Paul Langerhans (1847-1888) studied at University of Jena and Berlin. He presented his thesis on “Contributions to the microscopic anatomy of the pancreas” and made several significant contributions to medicine such as discovery of Islets of Pancreas, description of epidermal cell layer, investigations related to the macrophage system and literature on marine vertebrates. He also had an interest in meterology. He himself contracted tuberculosis while at Freiburg and later died of uraemia.
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Siddharth P. Dubhashi, Aishwarya Avnish, Riddhima S. Dubhashi
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