(Moritz Wilhelm) Hugo Ribbert (1 March 1855 in Hohenlimburg – 6 November 1920 in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

) was a German professor of

pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

. Ribbert studied at

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and

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. In 1883 he was appointed Professor extraordinarius at Bonn. In 1892 he became professor at

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. In 1900 he moved to

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; in 1903 he moved to

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; and in 1905 he returned to Bonn. An 1881 conference report of Ribbert is considered to be the first description of cells infected with the

cytomegalovirus ''Cytomegalovirus'' (CMV) (from ''cyto-'' 'cell' via Greek - 'container' + 'big, megalo-' + -''virus'' via Latin 'poison') is a genus of viruses in the order '' Herpesvirales'', in the family '' Herpesviridae'', in the subfamily '' Betaherp ...

. In 1905 Ribbert proposed an embryonal origin for cancer ( Cohnheim-Ribbert theory of cancer).Leslie Thomas Morton, Robert J. Moore, ''A chronology of medicine and related sciences'', Scolar Press, 1997, p. 475

Works

* ''Lehrbuch der pathologischen Histologie für Studirende und Aerzte '', 1896 * ''Die Lehren vom Wesen der Krankheiten in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung'', 1899 * ''Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Pathologie und der pathologischen Anatomie'', 1901 * ''Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und der speciellen pathologischen Anatomie'', 1902 * ''Geschwulstlehre für Aerzte und Studierende'', 1904 * ''Das Wesen der Krankheit'', 1909 * ''Das Karzinom des Menschen, sein Bau, sein Wachstum, seine Entstehung'', 1911 * ''Die Bedeutung der Krankheiten für die Entwicklung der Menschheit'', 1912

References

1855 births 1920 deaths German pathologists Academic staff of the University of Bonn {{Germany-scientist-stub