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Gustav Ricker
1870-11-02 – 1948-09-23
Life & Legacy
Gustav Wilhelm August Josef Ricker (November 2, 1870 – September 23, 1948) was a German physician and pathologist born in Hadamar, Hesse-Nassau.
He studied philosophy and medicine at several universities, earning his doctorate in 1893 at the University of Berlin. In 1897 he received his habilitation under Albert Thierfelder (1842–1908) at the University of Rostock, and from 1906 until 1933 was head of pathology at the city hospitals (Altstadt and Sudenburg) in Magdeburg. Afterwards, he worked as a private scholar in Berlin and Dresden.
Ricker is remembered for his Stufengesetz (law of stages), relating the intensity of neural stimulation to blood flow in capillaries, and also Relationspathologie (relational pathology), in which he maintains that the root of pathological processes are a neural process and not a cellular process.
Today in Magdeburg, Gustav-Ricker-Straße and Gustav-Ricker-Krankenhaus are named in his honor.
Occupation & Career
pathologist, university teacher, physician
Education
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Legacy Highlights
Employer
University of Rostock
Education & Institutions
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q107492 — wikidata View source
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