Wilhelm His Jr.

Wilhelm His Jr.
Wilhelm His Jr.
Born	29 December 1863; Basel, Switzerland
Died	10 November 1934 (aged 70); Brombach near Lörrach, Germany
Known for	Bundle of His

Wilhelm His Jr. (29 December 1863 – 10 November 1934) was a Swiss-born cardiologist and anatomist.

He was born on December 29, 1863 to Wilhelm His Sr. In 1893, he discovered the bundle of His, which is a collection of specialized cardiac muscle cells in the heart that transmits the electrical impulses and helps synchronize contraction of the cardiac muscles. Later in life, as a professor of medicine at the University of Berlin, he was one of the first to recognize that "the heartbeat has its origin in the individual cells of heart muscle."

Werner–His disease (or trench fever) was also named after him.

Angle of His (or incisura cardiaca) was posthumously named after him by Daniel John Cunningham in 1906.[1]

Works

Die Front der Ärzte . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld [u.a.] 1931 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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References

Turk, R. P. (2006). "The History of Surgery for Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux" (PDF). Springer. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

External links

doctor/2914 at Who Named It?

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[1] Turk, R. P. (2006). "The History of Surgery for Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux" (PDF). Springer. Retrieved 2019-04-09.