Peter Krukenberg
Overview
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. He was son-in-law to anatomist Johann Christian Reil
Johann Christian Reil
Johann Christian Reil was a German physician, physiologist, anatomist and psychiatrist. He coined the term psychiatry or, in German, Psychiatrie in 1808....
(1759–1813), and grandfather to pathologist Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg was a German physician who was a native of Halle an der Saale. He was a brother to orthopedic surgeon Hermann Krukenberg , and Georg Heinrich Peter Krukenberg , who was a professor of gynecology at the University of Bonn.Krukenberg originally studied in his native city...
(1871-1946) and surgeon
Surgeon
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Hermann Krukenberg
Hermann Krukenberg
Hermann Krukenberg was a German surgeon who was a native of Calbe, Province of Saxony, Germany. He was the brother of pathologist Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg ....
(1863-1935).
He studied at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
and at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In 1814 he became an associate professor of pathology and therapy
Therapy
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at the University of Halle, and from 1822 to 1856 was a full professor of pathology and director of the university clinic.