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GENICHE, see Mud-cure districts. HENLE, Friedrich (Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle; 1809-1885), one of the outstanding anatomists of Germany, the closest student of J. Müller. He studied medicine in Bonn and Heidelberg. After defending his dissertation - "De membrana pupillari aliisque oculi membranis pel-lucentibus" (Bonnae, 1832) he went with Müller to Paris, where he worked at the "Jardin des plantes". In 1834, together with his teacher, as his prosector, he moved to Berlin, where he became close to Schleiden and Schwann. In 1837, to obtain the right to teach (pro venia legendi), he presented "Symbolae ad anatomiam villorum intestinalium imprimis eorum epithelii et vasorum lacte-orum" (Berolini, 1837; summary of data on the anatomy of intestinal villi). Three years later Henle became a professor of anatomy in Zurich; here he completed his "Allgemeine Anatomie" (Leipzig, 1841) which brought him world fame; together with the clinician Pfeiffer he founded the "Zeitschrift für rationelle Medizin" (1844); he moved to Heidelberg and finally, from 1852 until his death, served as director of the Anatomical Institute in Göttingen. An extremely versatile, outstanding researcher, Henle enriched science with many fundamental discoveries. Among Henle's numerous works we note: "Vergleichendanatomische Beschreibung des Kehlkopfs" (Leipzig, 1839); "Über die Ausbreitung des Epitheliums im menschlichen Körper" (Johann Müller's Archive, 1838, Issue 1); "Über die Kontraktilität der Gefässe" (Casper's Weekly, 1840, No. 21); "Über die Struktur und Bildung der menschlichen Haare" (Froriep's Notices, Volume XIV, No. 8, 1840); "Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie des Menschen" (Vols. I-III, Braunschweig, 1856-73); "Zur Anatomie der Niere" (Göttingen, 1862); "Handbuch der rationellen Pathologie" (Braunschweig, 1846-52); "Anatomischer Handatlas" (Braunschweig, 1871); "Grundriss d. Anatomie d. Menschen" (Braunschweig, 1880).