Biography of Wilhelm Krause
Full Name: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Krause
Born: Jul-12-1833
Died: Feb-04-1910
Birth Place: Hanover, Germany. He was the son of famous anatomist Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause.
Contributions of Wilhelm Krause in Anatomy
Krause's corpuscles
Krause was the first anatomist to discover mechanorceptors in skin (definition: any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli). These receptors were named after Krause as Krause’s corpuscles (check-out the animated explanation) and also referred as Krause’s end-bulbs. More references can be found here: The Erogenous Zones:Their Nerve Supply and Significance
Krause's Membranes & Krause Respiratory Bundle
Two other terminologies came to existence after Krause discovery namely:
- Krause’s Membranes: It is defined as isotropic bands in striated muscle fiber that consist of disks of sarcoplasm and connect the individual fibrils. Read more here.
- Krause Respiratory Bundle: A fiber bundle that is also known as the “Solitary Tract”, sometimes referred as “Gierke respiratory bundle”, coined in honor of anatomist Hans Paul Bernhard Gierke.
Krause as a professor
Krause had also stamped his impressions in the field of embryology. One of his disciples named Robert Koch studied at Göttingen became famous bacteriologist later.
Books References On Wilhelm Krause
Die Anatomie des Kaninchens in topographischer und operativer Rücksicht
Language: German
Published Date: 1868Handbuch der menschlichen Anatomie
Language: German
Published Date: 1876Coniectanea in Aelii Aristidis presbeutikon pros Achillea
Language: English
Published Date: 1875De causis Romanorum publicis
Language: Latin
Published Date: 1863Johann Wilhelm Krause, 1757-1828: Arhitektina liivimaal
Language: Estonian
Published Date: 2002Das pathologische Institut zu Göttingen
Language: German
Published Date: 1862Die motorischen Endplatten der quergestreiften Muskelfasern
Language: German
Published Date: 1869Die Membrana Fenestrata der Retina
Language: German
Published Date: 1868