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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Der Epithelialkrebs namentlich der Haut. 1 vol. and atlas.

Publication Details

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1865 CE.

Thiersch, Professor of Surgery at Erlangen, and inventor of the method of skin grafting which bears his name, also made an important contribution to the knowledge of the histogenesis of cancer. He disproved Virchow’s theory of the connective-tissue origin of cancer, and advanced evidence of its epithelial cell origin. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#2618
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/3131
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLder-epithelialkrebs-namentlich-der-haut-1-vol-and-atlas

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leipzig

Mentioned in annotation: Erlangen