Christian Heinrich Bünger (11 October 1782 – 8 December 1842) was professor of anatomy and was the first

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to introduce

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Education

He received his MD in c. 1805 from the

University of Helmstedt The University of Helmstedt (; official Latin name: ''Academia Julia'', "Julius University") was a university in Helmstedt in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel that existed from 1576 until 1810. History Founded by and named after Duke Juli ...

under Justus Ferdinand Christian Loder and Gottfried Christoph Beireis.

Career

Bünger was professor of

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at the

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. He was an expert and innovator in operations on the

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, and arterial systems, especially arterial ligations. He was the first to work out the exact natural positions of the auditory apparatus of animals and humans. Bünger was also a specialist in plastic surgery, especially of the nose and eyelids. He was the first to introduce

. In 1817 Bünger performed the first full thickness

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References

* Jasper Hein, ''Christian Heinrich Bünger 1782-1842 Anatom und Chirurg in Marburg'', Brosch., Einband lt. fleckig, sonst gt. Zustand., 467 S. Zur Geschichte der Anatomie und Chirurgie. Zahlr. Abb., Tabellen, Faksimile, Mannheim, 1976. * ''Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte'', Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 1, pp. 758–759. * ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'', Duncker & Humblot, 1967-1971 Reprint, vol. 3, p. 540. * ''Neuer Nekrolog der Deutschen'', 1842, vol. 20(part2), pp. 836–839.

External links

Bünger library and museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunger, Christian Heinrich German anatomists German surgeons Physicians from Braunschweig Physicians from the Duchy of Brunswick 1782 births 1842 deaths Academic staff of the University of Marburg University of Helmstedt alumni 18th-century physicians from the Holy Roman Empire