Max Clara

Max Clara (1899–1966) was an Austrian anatomist. He was appointed as Chair of Anatomy at Leipzig University in 1935. Clara is known for having close ties with the Nazi Party, basing much of his controversial work on his studies of the bodies of executed prisoners. His main work, "Das Nervensystem des Manschen" (The Nervous System of Man) has been edited 1942 in Leipzig during the 3rd Reich's dictatorship but also 1953, during soviet dictatorship. It is clear therefore that his contribution to neurology and anatomy was indiscutable politically. - The substance of his atcivity as medical researcher was not a political one.

In 1937, he discovered previously unknown cells found in human lungs, which were later eponymously named Clara cells.^[1][2]

See also

• List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations

Max Clara: "Das Nervensstem des Menschen" - Pages : 772. [With many black-white and coloured figures and photographies.] Erste Auflage (First Edition)1942 (Deutsches Reich - German Empire), Zweite Auflage (Second Edition)1953 (Deutsche Demokratische Republik - German Democratic Republic): Copyright by Publishung House "Johann Ambrosius Barth", Leipzig

References

1. ^ Winkelmann, Andreas; Noack, Thorsten (2010). "The Clara cell - a "Third Reich eponym"?". European Respiratory Journal Express 36 (4): 722–727. doi:10.1183/09031936.00146609. PMID 20223917. http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/09031936.00146609v1. 
2. ^ Woywodt, A.; S. Lefrak, E. Matteson (October 1, 2010). "Tainted Eponyms in Medicine: the "Clara" Cell Joins the List". European Respiratory Journal 36 (4): 704–706. doi:10.1183/09031936.00046110. http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/36/4/706.full. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 

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Name	Clara, Max
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Date of birth	1899
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Date of death	1966
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