Georg Meissner
1829–1905
German anatomist and physiologist. Studied at Göttingen, working with Rudolph Wagner on the nerves of the torpedo; became involved in a priority dispute with Wagner which lasted until 1859. Professor of anatomy and physiology, Basel, 1855; professor of physiology, zoology, and histology, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1857. Professor of physiology, Göttingen, 1860–1901. Worked mainly on the decomposition of protein compounds in the digestive system.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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