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Mar 25, 1832 Erbes Büdesheim, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany Died on 25 Aug 1896 (aged 64)
German anatomist
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About Nikolaus Rüdinger
- Nikolaus Rüdinger (25 March 1832 – 25 August 1896) was a German anatomist born in Bingen am Rhein, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate). He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Giessen.
- In 1855 he worked as a prosector at the University of Munich, where in 1870 was appointed professor of anatomy and second curator of the anatomical institute. Rüdinger is credited for introducing a new method for preservation of corpses in the dissecting room.
- This procedure involved injections of carbolic acid mixed with glycerine and alcohol.
- In addition, he is remembered for using photography for anatomical diagnoses.
- He died in Tutzing on 25 August 1896 at the age of 64.
