Konrad Viktor Schneider Explained

Konrad Viktor Schneider (1614 in Bitterfeld  - 10 August 1680 in Wittenberg) was a German physician and anatomist.

He studied at the University of Wittenberg, and in 1636 became a professor of medicine at the University of Jena. Two years later he returned to Wittenberg, where in June 1640 he was appointed professor of anatomy and botany.^{[1] [2]}

In 1660–62 he published "De catarrhis", a multi-volume work in which he refuted the long-held belief that nasal mucus was a cerebral secretion.^{[1] [3]} The eponym "Schneiderian membrane" is another name for the nasal mucosa.^[4]

Selected works

• Liber de osse cribriformi, 1655.
• De catarrhis, 1660.
• De pleuripneumonia dissertatio medica (proponit Christoph Schrödter, 1662).
• Disputatio inauguralis medica de angina (respondent János Friedel, 1666).
• Disputatio medica de peste, morborum principe (respondent Johann Gerdes, 1680).^[5]

In 1873 Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx published "Konrad Victor Schneider und die Katarrhe".

Notes and References

1. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Schneider,_Konrad_Victor ADB:Schneider, Konrad Victor
2. http://www.antiquariat.de/showmedia.jsp;jsessionid=6B7E540BF7D638D5DB6D3AFBF635C77C?id=16241857 Liber de Catarrhis
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=uTTYCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Konrad+Viktor+Schneider%22&pg=PA153 History of Neurology: Handbook of Clinical Neurology
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=UQcbk-zmUFoC&dq=%22Conrad+Viktor+Schneider%22+1614&pg=PA176 Library of Health and Living: Encyclopedia of Asthma and Respiratory Disorders
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr94-40882/ Most widely held works by Conradus Victor Schneider