Jean Georges Chrétien Frédéric Martin Lobstein (German spelling: Johann Friedrich Georg Christian Martin Lobstein) (8 May 1777 – 7 March 1835) was a German-born, French

pathologist 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 ...

and

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who was a native of

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. He was the nephew of noted surgeon Johann Friedrich Lobstein (1736-1784). In 1803 he earned his doctorate at the

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, subsequently working as an

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prosector as well as an assistant to the ''médecin-accoucheur en chef'' at the Civil Hospital (Strasbourg). In 1805 he became a professor at ''École d'obstétrique du Rhin inférieur'' (School of

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of the Lower Rhine), where he ultimately served for thirty years. In 1819 he attained a professorship in

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. Jean Lobstein is remembered for contributions made in the field of pathological anatomy. He coined the term 'osteoporosis.' He also described a disorder known today as osteogenesis imperfecta type I, which is sometimes called "Lobstein's disease". This disease is an hereditary, generalized

connective tissue Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, a group of cells that are similar in structure, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. It develops mostly from the mesenchyme, derived from the mesod ...

disorder characterized by bone fragility and a blue-gray

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e of the eyes. In 1813 he founded an impressive pathological museum in

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, a collection that remained intact until the years following the

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, when its artifacts were either dispersed or lost. Lobstein's best written effort was an unfinished four-volume work titled "''Traité d’anatomie pathologique''", being based on his personal experiences as a pathologist. In its second volume he coined the word "

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" in a section on arterial disease.
Haimovici's vascular surgery, Volume 151 By Enrico Ascher, Henry Haimovici In addition to his work in medicine, he was an avid

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and

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Associated eponym

* Lobstein's ganglion: Also known as the thoracic splanchnic ganglion; a small collection of nerve bodies on the greater thoracic splanchnic nerve.

References

MedicineNet
(article on Lobstein's Disease)

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