title: Friedrich-Christian Rosenthal: surgeon and anatomist.
abstract: Friedrich-Christian Rosenthal was a prominent German anatomist and surgeon. He was born in Greifswald, Germany on June 3, 1780. In his time, he was best known for his work on the olfactory system and ichthyology. However, his late work also led to his description of the eponymous canal in the cochlea and basal cerebral vein. After an itinerant academic, military, and professional career, he died of tuberculosis in Greifswald on December 5, 1829, working to the end on an unfinished treatise on the anatomy of the brain and cranial nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California , USA dbinder@uci.edu
authors.forename: Devin K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Clusmann
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*