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Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck
German anatomist and physician, born March 13, 1798, Münster; died March 23, 1835.
Associated eponyms:
Wernekinck's commissure
The decussation of the brachia conjunctiva before their entrance into the red nucleus of the tegmentum.
Wernekinck's decussation
The decussation of the left and right superior cerebellar peduncles in the tegmentum of the caudal mesencephalon.
Biography:
Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck attended the University of Münster from 1814 and continued his studies at Göttingen and Giessen, obtaining his medical doctorate from the latter university in 1820. He was prosector of the anatomical theatre at Giessen from 1821, became professor extraordinary of medicine in 1824, and in 1826 was appointed full professor of philosophy. His work concerns almost exclusively mineralogical topics.
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