About Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing
Lived 1719 – 1745 (aged 26). Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was a German physician and university teacher, known for Phrenicocolic ligament.
Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 – 9 November 1745), born in Giessen, was a German professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Giessen.
The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after him.
Life Hensing was a son of John Thomas Hensing, and his wife is Maria Juliana, the daughter of Friedrich Nitsch, the Hessian Court Assessors at the Law Faculty and Vice-Chancellor of University of Giessen.
Publications Dissertatio Inauguralis De Peritonaeo. Lammers, 1742. Denkmahl der Liebe. Hammer, 1744, 4 Seiten
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Who was Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing?
German physician
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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was born on 17 April 1719 in Giessen.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing died on 9 November 1745 in Giessen.
What was Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing's occupation?
Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was a physician and university teacher.
What was Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing known for?
Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was known for Phrenicocolic ligament.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing was German.
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