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Gustav Ludwig Tornwaldt
German physician, born May 15, 1843, Danzig; died November 21, 1910, Danzig.
Name also spelled Thornwaldt.
Associated eponyms:
Luschka's bursa
A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil.
Tornwaldt's disease
A chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal tonsil.
Biography:
Gustav Ludwig Tornwaldt studied at Greifswald, Berlin, and Halle. He obtained his doctorate in Halle in 1866 and then received further education in Vienna. He settled in his native city of Danzig.
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