Franz Ludwig Fick

Franz Ludwick Fick (18 May 1813 – 31 December 1858) was a professor of anatomy at the University of Marburg.

Franz Ludwig Fick
Franz Ludwig Fick (1813-1858)
Born	(1813-05-18)18 May 1813 Erlangen
Died	31 December 1858(1858-12-31) (aged 45) Marburg
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Marburg
Known for	Cerebral phantom
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomist
Institutions	University of Marburg
Doctoral advisor	Christian Heinrich Bünger
Doctoral students	Adolf Fick
Other notable students	Carl Ludwig
Notes
He is the brother of the German physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick who invented tonometry. He is the father of the German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who invented the contact lens.

Education

In 1835, he received his MD under Bünger from the University of Marburg.

Career

Fick studied the developmental mechanics of bone growth, especially of the skull. He invented the cerebral phantom - an openable paper model showing the various parts of the brain that became the prototype of openable figures in medical texts. Fick wrote texts on human anatomy and pathology. He studied the mechanism of vision and the function of the retina. He investigated the function and performance of the taste buds and described the anatomy of elephant's ears.

Books by Fick

• Franz Ludwig Fick, Tractatus de illegitimo vasorum cursu hominibus innato cum tabulis duabus, typis Elwerti academicis, 1854.

References

• Neue Deutsche Biographie, Duncker & Humblot: 1953-1990, Vol. 5, pp. 128–129.
• Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg: 1962, Vol. 2, p. 515.
• Archiv Rassen-Ges. Biol. 1922-3, Vol. 14, pp. 159–175.
• I. Schnack, Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930, N. G. Elwert: 1939-1958, Vol. 4, pp. 74–82.

External links

• Adolf and Ludwig Fick
• Fick archive
• Anatomy at Marburg