title: [Dr. Gustav Wilhelm Münter (1804-1870)--the "unknown" assistant of the Meckel collection].
abstract: For 48 years of his life, Dr. Gustav Wilhelm Münter was a diligent, skillful, reliable and indispensable assistant of the Meckel Collections. He was a loyal worker under famous superiors as Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger (1781-1833), Eduard d'Alton (1803-1854) and Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1801-1877). Münter's aim was to get scientific acknowledgement and the position of a "Prosector". But he reached none of it. However, A. W. Volkmann, who often criticized Münter's work, was obligated to say: "It is true, that a very large part of the Meckel Collections had been prepared and put up by him." Today the Anatomical Collections of Halle include a large number of very nice preparations produced by Münter.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, D-06097 Halle, Saale.
authors.forename: Babette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapitza
authors.forename: Luminita
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Göbbel
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schultka
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history