Albrecht

ALBRECHT, Eugen (Eugen Albrecht), noted German pathologist-anatomist, 1872-1938. Graduated from the University of Munich in 1896. Initially was an assistant at the pathological-anatomical institute in Munich and prosector at the Munich city hospital, where, under his direction, a model prosectorium was created. In 1904 he was elected professor of pathology at Frankfurt am Main and director of the Pathological Institute named after Dr. Senckenberg, which was built and organized under his direction. Of Albrecht's scientific works, the most well-known are studies on the mechanism of disappearance of erythrocyte nuclei, on autolytic myelin, on coagulation necrosis, on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis changes, and, particularly, his treatises on tumors in which he proves the connection of most tumors with faulty tissue development, establishes a rational qualification of the concept 'tumor,' and gives their classification. Among other things, A. introduced into pathology such terms now in common use as blastoma (see Tumors), choriostoma, hamartoma (see). In addition, Albrecht wrote a number of philosophical articles concerning Darwinism, teleology in pathology, and others.