Ferdinand Albert Thierfelder (12 December 1842 – 22 January 1908) was a German pathologist born in Meissen. He was the son of city physician (Stadtphysikus) Johann Gottlieb Thierfelder [de] (1799–1867), and was a younger brother to internist Theodor Thierfelder (1824–1904).

He studied medicine at the University of Rostock and University of Leipzig, earning his doctorate in 1870 with a dissertation on sweat gland adenoma, Ein Fall von Schweissdrüsen-Adenom. He spent several years as an assistant at the institute of pathology in Leipzig, and from 1876 to 1908 was a full professor of anatomic pathology in Rostock.[1] One of his better known assistants in Rostock was pathologist Otto Lubarsch (1860–1934).[2]

In 1884/85 he was chairman of Naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Natural History Society of Rostock).[1]

He was the author of Atlas der Pathologischen Histologie (Atlas of pathological histology), published in seven parts from 1872 to 1881:

  • 1 Lfg. "Pathologische Histologie der Luftwege und der Lunge". 1872.
  • 2 Lfg. "Pathologie Histologie des Verdauungscanals (Mundhöhle, Rachen, Speiseröhre, Magen und Darm)". 1873.
  • 3 Lfg. "Pathologische Histologie der Leber, des Pankreas und der Speicheldrüsen". 1874.
  • 4 Lfg. "Pathologishe Histologie der serösen Haüte und Gelenke". 1875.
  • 5 Lfg. "Pathologische Histologie der Knochen und des Periosts". 1876.
  • 6 and 7 Lfg. "Pathologische Histologie des Herzens und der Blutgefasse (Myocardium, Endocardium Arterien, Venen und Capillaren)". 1881.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig (biography)
  2. ^ Otto Lubarsch @ Who Named It
  3. ^ WorldCat Title Des Atlas der pathologischen Histologie