Adolph Wilhelm Otto
Encyclopedia
Adolph Wilhelm Otto was a German anatomist who was a native of Greifswald
.
In 1808 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently worked as a prosector
and physician in Carl August Wilhelm Berends
' clinic at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. Later, he furthered his education on a scientific journey through Germany, the Netherlands, and France, where he studied comparative anatomy
with Georges Cuvier
(1769-1832). In 1813 he became a professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical museum at the University of Breslau.
Otto specialized in the field of teratology
, and performed extensive research involving the causes, development and classification of congenital malformations in plants and animals. In 1841 he published a popular atlas of teratology titled Monstrorum sexcentorum descriptio anatomica (600 Anatomic Descriptions of Monsters). He contributed articles to several journals and was a collaborator to Karl Gustav Carus' Erläuterungstafeln zur vergleichenden Anatomie. He also wrote Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum Inaug. Dissert,Vratislaviae.: 1-20 and many other scientific papers in which he described marine animals
. He is honoured in the gastropod name Calliotropis ottoi (Philippi ,1844).
In 1831, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
.
Greifswald
Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...
.
In 1808 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently worked as a prosector
Prosector
A prosector is a person with the special task of preparing a dissection for demonstration, usually in medical schools or hospitals. Many important anatomists began their careers as prosectors working for lecturers and demonstrators in anatomy and pathology....
and physician in Carl August Wilhelm Berends
Carl August Wilhelm Berends
Carl August Wilhelm Berends was a German physician who was born in Anklam, Pomerania.He studied medicine at Viadrina University in Frankfurt an der Oder, where in 1788 he became a professor of medicine...
' clinic at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. Later, he furthered his education on a scientific journey through Germany, the Netherlands, and France, where he studied comparative anatomy
Comparative anatomy
Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny .-Description:...
with Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
(1769-1832). In 1813 he became a professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical museum at the University of Breslau.
Otto specialized in the field of teratology
Teratology
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development. It is often thought of as the study of human birth defects, but it is much broader than that, taking in other non-birth developmental stages, including puberty; and other non-human life forms, including plants.- Etymology :The...
, and performed extensive research involving the causes, development and classification of congenital malformations in plants and animals. In 1841 he published a popular atlas of teratology titled Monstrorum sexcentorum descriptio anatomica (600 Anatomic Descriptions of Monsters). He contributed articles to several journals and was a collaborator to Karl Gustav Carus' Erläuterungstafeln zur vergleichenden Anatomie. He also wrote Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum Inaug. Dissert,Vratislaviae.: 1-20 and many other scientific papers in which he described marine animals
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
. He is honoured in the gastropod name Calliotropis ottoi (Philippi ,1844).
In 1831, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
.
- Associated eponym
- Otto-Chrobak pelvis: Protrusion of the acetabulumAcetabulumThe acetabulum is a concave surface of the pelvis. The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint.-Structure:...
into the pelvic cavityPelvic cavity-External links:* * *...
. Named in conjunction with Austrian gynecologist Rudolf ChrobakRudolf ChrobakRudolf Chrobak was an Austrian gynecologist who was a native of Opava, Austrian Silesia.In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, and worked as an intern at Vienna General Hospital and as an assistant in the clinic of Johann von Oppolzer...
(1843-1910).