Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring
German scientist
Died when: 75 years 33 days (901 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (28 January 1755 – 2 March 1830) was a German physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor.Sömmerring discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye.
His investigations on the brain and the nervous system, on the sensory organs, on the embryo and its malformations, on the structure of the lungs, etc., made him one of the most important German anatomists.
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