Theodor Ackermann (17 September 1825 – 22 November 1896) was a German

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. 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 t ...

born in

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

. In 1852 he obtained his medical doctorate from the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in contine ...

, obtaining his habilitation a few years later (1856) with a treatise on the physiological effects of

emetics Vomiting (also known as emesis and throwing up) is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Vomiting can be the result of ailments like food poisoning, gastroenteritis ...

. In 1859 he became an associate professor, afterward turning down a professorship in internal medicine at

Dorpat Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

, and instead, he accepted a position as a professor at the Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Experimental Pathology at Rostock in 1865. In 1873 he was appointed the Director of the Institute of Pathology at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, where, in 1884-1885 he served as

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

. In 1895 he was forced to resign due to health reasons, his replacement being

Karl Joseph Eberth Karl Joseph Eberth (21 September 1835 – 2 December 1926) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist who was a native of Würzburg. Biography In 1859 he earned his doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and became an assistant to anatomis ...

(1835-1926).

Written works

Among his better written efforts was a book involving the 1859 cholera epidemic in the

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a territory in Northern Germany held by the House of Mecklenburg residing at Schwerin. It was a sovereign member state of the German Confederation and became a federated state of the North German Co ...

, ''Die Choleraepidemie des Jahres 1859 im Großherzogthum Mecklenburg-Schwerin'' (1860). Other principal works by Ackermann include: * ''Über hypertrophische und atrophische Lebercirrhose'' ( Virchow's Arch. Bd. CX).-- On hypertrophic and atrophic

cirrhosis Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar tissue known as fibrosis due to damage caused by liver disease. Damage causes tissue repai ...

of the liver. * ''Die Schädeldeformität bei der Encephalocele congenita'' (Halle 1882).-- treatise involving

encephalocele Encephalocele is a neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through openings in the skull. These defects are caused by failure of the neural tube to close completely during fetal develop ...

congenita. * ''Die Histogenese und Histologie der Sarkome'', (Leipzig 1883). -- On the

histogenesis Histogenesis is the formation of different tissues from undifferentiated cells. These cells are constituents of three primary germ layers, the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. The science of the microscopic structures of the tissues formed within ...

and

histology Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vi ...

sarcoma A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sa ...

s.WorldCat Titles
Die Histogenese und Histologie der Sarkome * ''Mechanismus und Darwinismus in der Pathologie'' (Rektoratsrede 1888) --

Darwinism Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that ...

and the mechanism of pathology.

References

Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon
(biography and publications) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackermann, Theodor 1825 births 1896 deaths People from Wismar People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin German pathologists Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of the University of Rostock

Written works

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