Ludwig Teichmann - Krakow, Poland
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34U E 424206 N 5546335
Ludwig Teichmann was a prominent Polish scientist.
Waymark Code: WMQ28F
Location: Małopolskie, Poland
Date Posted: 12/05/2015
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The plaque has a relief of Teichmann and reads:
"LUDWIG TEICHMANN
1825 1895
PROFESOR UJ
WYBITNY ANATOM
ODKRYWCA KRYSZTALKOW
HEMINY"
Which Google translates as:
"LUDWIG TEICHMANN
1825 1895
PROFESSOR JU
OUTSTANDING anatomist
EXPLORER crystals
hemin"
Wikipedia as translated by Google (
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"Louis Charles Teichmann also Teichmann-Stawicki (b. September 6, 1823 in Lublin, d. November 24, 1895 in Krakow) - Polish doctor anatomist who discovered a new path of research in forensic science - crystals of hemin (the so-called. "Crystals Taichmanna"). The Calvinist
He was the nephew of Krakow pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Frederick James Teichmann, and the son of a physician James Wladyslaw Teichmann (d. 1825) and Tekla Olszewska (1785-1825). Schools finished in Radom, first studied evangelical theology in Dorpat to emulate ancestors to be a Calvinist pastor. Apparently the plans that prevented a duel, in which Louis Charles had to attend. To avoid Russian repression in 1850 Charles Louis moved west and began to study medicine at the universities of Heidelberg and Göttingen, where he received his doctorate and became an associate professor of anatomy. From there, he was appointed to the chair of anatomy to Krakow .
His study of lymphatic vessels enjoyed the recognition of the medical community, and for anatomical specimens received awards at universal exhibitions in Paris and Vienna."