Biography Lorenz Heister



surgical devices heister s institutiones chirurgicae .


in 1711 appointed professor of anatomy , surgery @ university of altdorf, , 1720, professor of anatomy , surgery @ helmstedt, remained rest of life. during tenure @ helmstedt, taught classes in botany , practical medicine. in 1730 elected fellow of royal society.


among numerous writings, best-known work chirurgie, book on surgery translated several languages. used extensively in japan, , still employed standard text @ vienna late 1838. heister s botanical garden in helmstedt considered 1 of beautiful in germany.


in 1718, coined word tracheotomy . also, credited being first physician perform post-mortem section of appendicitis. name lent plant genus heisteria, spiral valves of heister, defined anatomical folds of cystic duct. died in bornum elm.


his botanical writings published beschreibung eines neuen geschlechts in 1755, illustrated descriptions of plants.









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