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Erich blechschmidt biography

          Erich Blechschmidt was an anatomist and embryologist who worked for more than forty years on the problem of human form and the way that form arises in the course of ontogeny, principally during the first eight weeks or so after conception.!

          The Blechschmidt Collection Documenting
          Human Embryonic Development

          Between 1951 and 1973 the Göttingen anatomist Erich Blechschmidt created a unique collection of models documenting embryonic development using human embryos.

          Erich Blechschmidt (1904-1992) was director at the Institute of Anatomy of Göttingen University from 1942 bis 1973 and – based on the work of the Leipzig anatomist Wilhelm His (1831-1904) as the founder of human embryology – developed a special concept of a lasting three-dimensional documentation of early human development for the scientific community.

          It is named after its founder Prof.

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        2. Erich Blechschmidt was an anatomist and embryologist who worked for more than forty years on the problem of human form and the way that form arises in the course of ontogeny, principally during the first eight weeks or so after conception.
        3. Blechschmidt is also well known for his infamous role in the Thalidomide/Contergan-trial, during which he claimed, Thalidomide would not have any negative.
        4. The collection is named after its founder Prof.

          5. In co-operation with Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm Kircheiß Blechschmidt extended the wax reconstruction method of Gustav Born (1851-1900) for the first time in a combination with epoxy resin. As the central part of the collection more than 40 large reconstruction models with colour-coded organs were thus created from 9 individuals from the first 8 weeks of pregnancy.

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