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Julius Cohnheim

Who

Julius Cohnheim · Science & Medicine

What

Pathologist who advanced the understanding of inflammation and its cellular basis.

When

1839, Demmin, Prussia (now Germany) — 1884, Leipzig, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Julius Cohnheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pathologist who advanced the understanding of inflammation and its cellular basis.

How & why

Julius Cohnheim was a pathologist who transformed the understanding of inflammation, showing experimentally that it arises from white blood cells passing through vessel walls to the site of injury, and who advanced the study of tumors and tissue injury. He is regarded as a founder of experimental pathology. He was born into a Jewish family in Demmin, Pomerania.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Pathologist who advanced the understanding of inflammation and its cellular basis.

1839

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology