- Anton Nuhn
Anton Nuhn (
June 21 ,1814 -June 27 ,1889 ) was a Germananatomist who was a native ofSchriesheim .He studied medicine at the
University of Heidelberg , where he was a student ofFriedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861). In 1842 he was a lecturer atHeidelberg , and shortly afterwards worked asprosector . In 1849 he became a professor at the institute ofanatomy in Heidelberg, and in 1872 received the title of honorary professor.His name his lent to the eponymous "Nuhn's glands", also known as
anterior lingual glands , which are described as small deeply placedseromucous gland s located near the tip of thetongue on each side of the frenulum. His most popular written work was an 1878 textbook oncomparative anatomy titled "Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie".References
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.medicusbooks.com/shop/USER_ARTIKEL_HANDLING_AUFRUF.php%3Fdarstellen%3D1%26PEPPERSESS%3D0bf086a85fbf69bad359024a1b22f942%26Kategorie_ID%3D23221%26anzeigen_ab%3D40%26anzahl_total%3D58%26sort%3D%26order%3D%26level%3D0%26kategorie_0%3D0%26print%3Dtrue&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Anton%2BNuhn%2522%2B1814%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Antiquariat für Medizin, Biographical Information, translated from German]
* [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Nuhn's+gland Online Medical Dictionary]
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