Wilhelm Krause (anatomist)

Wilhelm Krause (July 12, 1833 - February 4, 1910) was a German anatomist who was born in Hannover. In 1854 he earned his medical doctorate, and later (1860) became "professor extraordinare". at the University of Göttingen. In 1892 he was appointed head of the Anatomical Institute Laboratory in Berlin. He was the son of anatomist Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797-1868).

Krause is remembered for his discovery and description of mechanoreceptors that were to become known as Krause's corpuscles or Krause's end-bulbs. His name is also attached to Krause's membranes, which are isotropic bands in striated muscle fiber that consist of disks of sarcoplasm and connect the individual fibrils. Krause also did pioneer research in the field of embryology. One of his well-known students at Göttingen was bacteriologist Robert Koch (1843-1910). Krause is credited with the publication of over 100 medical articles.

Written Works

 * Die terminalen Körperchen der einfach sensiblen Nerven. Hannover, 1860. (Treatise of Krause's corpuscles)
 * Anatomische Untersuchungen; Hannover, Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1861.
 * Die Trichinenkrankheit und ihre Verhütung : populär dargestellt
 * Uber die Nervenendigung in der Geschlectsorganen. Ztschr. f. rat. Med., 28: 86-88, 1866.
 * Ueber die Allantois des Menschen AAP, 1875, pp. 215-16
 * Handbuch der menschlichen Anatomie. (3rd edition of his fathers work) 3 volumes. Hannover, 1876, 1879, 1880.
 * Die Anatomie des Kaninchens; Author: Krause, W. Publisher: Leipzig: Engelmann, 1884.