Carl Brühl Explained

Carl-Bernhard Brühl (5 May 1820, Prague  - 14 August 1899, Graz) was an Austrian physician and anatomist known for his work in the field of comparative osteology.

He studied medicine in Vienna, later spending several years as a practicing physician. In 1857 he was appointed professor of zootomy and comparative anatomy in Kraków. In 1861 he became a professor of zootomy in Vienna, where in 1863, he was named director of the zootomic institute.^[1]

In Vienna, he conducted popular scientific lectures free of charge, a practice that was almost unheard of at the time. His lectures were also available to female listeners, causing a stir of serious controversy in academic circles.^[2] Sigmund Freud, in his 1925 autobiographical study, mentioned that it was hearing Brühl's reading of Goethe's "Die Natur" that persuaded him to enter medical school.^[3]

Selected works

• Die Methode des osteologischen Details : dargestellt am Karpfen-skelette, 1845 - Method of osteological details; presentations of carp skeletons.
• Anfangsgründe der vergleichenden Anatomie aller Thierklassen, zum Selbststudium, 1847 - Basics of comparative anatomy in regards to all classes of animals.
• Zur Kenntniss des Orang-Kopfes und der Orangarten, 1856 - In regards to the knowledge of the orangutan head and the orangutan species.
• Das Skelet der Krokodilinen : dargestellt in zwanzig Tafeln zur Erleichterung des Selbststudiums, sammtlich nach der Natur gezeichnet, in Zink gestochen und erläutert, 1862 - The skeleton of crocodilians, etc.
• Zootomie aller Thierklassen für Lernende, nach Autopsien, skizzirt, 1874 - Zootomy of all animal classes, according to autopsies.
• Zur osteologie der knochenfische. Nach materialien aus dem pariser pflanzengarten, 1887 - Osteology of boned fish.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_B/Bruehl_Karl-Bernhard_1820_1899.xml Biography in German
2. Statements based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=GvXHUGBkcN8C&pg=PA11 Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics: Goethe, Schiller, et al
4. http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/viaf-47544828, WorldCat Identities