Christoph Theodor Aeby

Christoph Theodor Aeby (25 February 1835 – 7 July 1885) was a Swiss anatomist, anthropologist, and academic. His main scientific interest was comparative anatomy and his studies were said to be facilitated by a large collection of bones, which he assembled in Bern. He is particularly noted for his work on the bronchial tree, which was published as a monograph in 1880.

Biography Aeby was born in Phalsbourg, Lorraine, France. He was the son of a farmer who owned a large tract of land in Alsace. and in 1884 at the University of Prague as successor to Carl Toldt. Some of his noted students include the surgeons Stefania Berlinerblau and César Roux.

He died in Bilin, Bohemia at the age of 50.

Works He is best known for his contributions to anthropology, which include a new and valuable craniometric method. He performed research of microcephaly, publishing Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Mikrocephalie (1874) as a result. He also demonstrated the influence of atmospheric pressure on the several joints of the human body, and conducted significant studies involving the upper respiratory tract. In 1878, Aeby is also credited for describing the muscle rectus labi proprius.

A mountain climber, he was co-author of Das Hochgebirge von Grindelwald (The high mountains of Grindelwald, 1865).