Dietrich Barfurth

Dietrich Barfurth: Dietrich Barfurth (1849-1927

Karl Dietrich Gerhard Barfurth (January 25, 1849 – March 23, 1927) was a German anatomist and embryologist who was born in Dinslaken.

He studied mathematics and sciences at the University of Göttingen, and medicine (1879–1882) at the University of Bonn. In 1882 he earned his medical doctorate, and in 1883 received his habilitation in anatomy. In 1888 he worked as prosector under Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845–1919) in Göttingen. From 1889 to 1896 he was a professor of anatomy, embryology and histology at the University of Dorpat, and afterwards was professor of anatomy at the University of Rostock and director of the institute of anatomy.

Barfurth is remembered for regeneration research of body parts (tissues, limbs, organs, etc.) in animals at the embryonic, larval and adult stages of life. He was the author of the following works on regeneration:

Regeneration und Transplantation (1917)

Methoden zur Erforschung der Regeneration bei Tieren (Methods for the Study of Regeneration in Animals) (1920)

References

Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium (biography)

A History of Regeneration Research by Charles E. Dinsmore

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Date of birth January 25, 1849

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Date of death March 23, 1927

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