Heinrich Müller (physiologist)

Heinrich Müller ( born December 17, 1820 Castell ( Lower Franconia ), † May 10, 1864 in Würzburg ) was a German anatomist who dealt particularly with the structure of the human eye.

Life

Heinrich Müller, the son of the firm director Gottlieb Müller and his wife Philippine Meyer, studied medicine at the universities of Munich, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Würzburg and Vienna. Most influenced him the professors Ignaz Dollinger (Munich ), Friedrich Arnold (Freiburg), Jakob Henle (Heidelberg ) and Carl von Rokitansky (Vienna).

Müller habilitated in 1847 at the University of Würzburg for anatomy. His focus was initially the pathological anatomy. As in 1849, Rudolf Virchow came to the University of Würzburg, Müller moved his work to the field of topographic and comparative anatomy. 1852 Müller was appointed associate professor in this subject, in 1858 a full professor. He also gave courses on systematic anatomy, histology and microscopy. He died on 10 May 1864, aged 43 years to a face Rose.

As a researcher, Müller employed particularly with the anatomy of the eye. He made microscopic examinations of the eye of an animal, but later focused on the human eye. He made important contributions to our knowledge of the anatomy of the human eye and the optic nerve. Among other things, he discovered the so-called Müller cells in the retina of the eye. He belongs with Albrecht von Graefe, Franciscus Cornelis Donders, William Bowman and Ferdinand von Arlt the world's leading ophthalmologists of the 19th century.