- Arthur Böttcher
Jakob Ernst Arthur Böttcher (
July 13 ,1831 -August 10 ,1889 ) was a Germanpathologist andanatomist who was a native ofBauska ,Kurland .In 1856 he earned his medical doctorate from the
University of Dorpat with a dissertation on the nerve supply to theinner ear 'scochlea . He furthered his studies with journeys to Germany, France and Austria, and in 1862 he became a full professor of general pathology andpathological anatomy atDorpat . From 1871 to 1877 he was editor of the magazine "Dorpater Medicinische Zeitschrift".Böttcher is largely known for his anatomical investigations of the
inner ear , particularly studies involving the structure of thereticular lamina and nerve fibers of theorgan of Corti . Today his name is associated with the eponymous "Bottcher cells", which are cells of thebasilar membrane of thecochlea . Other anatomical terms that contain his name are:
* "Böttcher's canal": Known today as the "ductus utriculosaccularis" or as the utriculo-saccular duct. This duct connects theutricle with theendolymphatic duct a short distance from thesaccule .
* "Böttcher's ganglion":Ganglion on thecochlear nerve in theinternal auditory meatus .
* "Böttcher's space": Also known as theendolymphatic sac ; the blind pouch at the end of theendolymphatic duct .
* "Charcot-Böttcher filaments": Spindle-shaped crystalloids found in humanSertoli cells . They measure 10 to 25 um in length. Named in conjunction withneurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893).Selected publications
* "Observationes microscopicae de ratione qua nervus cochleae mammalium terminator", 1856
* "Mittheilung über einen bester noch unbekannten Blasenwurm", 1862
* "Ueber die Entwickelung und Bau des Gehörlabyrinths nach Untersuchungen an Säugethieren", 1869
* "Kritische Bemerkungen und neue Beiträge zur Litteratur des Gehörlabyrinths", 1872
* "Neue Untersuchungen über die rothen Blutkörperchen", 1876References
* [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Bottcher,+Arthur Online Medical Dictionary of Eponyms]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.zeno.org/Pagel-1901/A/B%25C3%25B6ttcher,%2BArthur&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522B%25C3%25B6ttcher,%2BArthur%2522%2Bzeno%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Zeno.org, Translated Biography from German]
* [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:t4PKQhg1D-8J:www.aro.org/announcements/ANO-Otohistory-4.pdf+%22Arthur+B%C3%B6ttcher%22+labyrnth&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us Sketches of Otohistory by Jochen Schacht and Joseph E. Hawkins]
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