Christoph Theodor Aeby


Christoph Theodor Aeby was a Swiss anatomist and anthropologist, born in Phalsbourg, Lorraine, France. He died in Bilin, Bohemia at the age of 50.

Biography

He studied medicine at Basel and Göttingen. In 1863 he was named a professor of anatomy at the University of Bern, and in 1884 at the University of Prague as successor to Carl Toldt.
He is best known for his contributions to anthropology, which include a new and valuable craniometric method. He performed research of microcephaly, publishing Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Mikrocephalie as a result. He also demonstrated the influence of atmospheric pressure on the several joints of the human body, and conducted significant studies involving the upper respiratory tract,
An enthusiastic mountain climber, he was co-author of Das Hochgebirge von Grindelwald.

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