Friedrich Hensing

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing
Born(1719-04-17)17 April 1719
Giessen, Germany
Died9 November 1745(1745-11-09) (aged 26)
Giessen, Germany
Known forThe phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after his death.
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine ،Anatomy
WorkplacesUniversity of Giessen

Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 – 9 November 1745), born in Giessen, was a German professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Giessen.

The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after him.

Life

Hensing was a son of John Thomas Hensing, and his wife is Maria Juliana, the daughter of Friedrich Nitsch, the Hessian Court Assessors at the Law Faculty and Vice-Chancellor of University of Giessen.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Friedrich W. Hensing". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  2. ↑ "Hensing ligament". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  3. ↑ Donald B. Tower: Hensing: Der erste Hirnchemiker. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Kurzfassung des Buches: Donald B. Tower: Hensing, 1719 - An Account of the First Chemical Examination of the Brain and the Discovery of Phosphorus Therein. Set against the background of Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A Source Book in the History of Neurochemistry. New York 1983. Die Übersetzung der englischen Kurzfassung besorgte Jost Benedum, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.