Carl Ludwig
Physiologist at Marburg; proposed glomerular filtration
- Dates
- No dates given in the film's sources
- Chapters
- V. What the Water Knew
What the film says
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Proposed the year after Bowman that the tuft is a filter driven by blood pressure, with the tubes concentrating the fluid.
On the timeline
- 1843 (often cited as 1844): Carl Ludwig publishes his filtration theory at Marburg. disputed timeline
Sources
Sources
- Peña Rodríguez 2018, Acta Med Grupo Angeles 16(S1):S7-S15 (history of renal physiology) Secondary
- historyofmedicine.com (Garrison-Morton derived) entry on Carl Ludwig, Beiträge zur Lehre vom Mechanismus der Harnsecretion, Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1843 Secondary