Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff


Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff was a German physician and biologist.

Biography

He lectured on pathological anatomy at Heidelberg and held professorships in anatomy and physiology at Giessen and Munich, where he was appointed to the chair of anatomy and physiology in 1854. In 1843, Theodor von Bischoff was elected as member of the German Academy of Sciences.
His most important contributions were made in embryology with a series of four exhaustive memoirs on the development of the mammalian ovum; published in 1842, 1845, 1852, and 1854. His studies concerning animal metabolism by measuring urea were less successful, as was his research on the anatomy of skull and brain.
He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878.

Selected works