| Ludwik Teichmann | |
| Birth Name: | Ludwik Karol Teichmann-Stawiarski |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1823 |
| Birth Place: | Lublin, Poland |
| Death Place: | Kraków, Poland |
| Occupation: | anatomist |
Ludwik Karol Teichmann-Stawiarski (September 16, 1823 – November 24, 1895) was a Polish anatomist and discoverer of a new way of research in forensic medicine, after whom Teichmann crystals are called.
Teichmann was born on 16 September 1823 in Lublin.[1] [2]
In 1856, Teichmann became a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Göttingen.[1] In 1861, he became a Professor of pathological anatomy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.[1] [2] and in 1868 he became a professor of descriptive and comparative anatomy there,[1] where he also served as Rector from 1877 to 1878.[2]
He introduced injection and corrosion techniques into pathology and used them to study the lymphatic system in health and disease.[3] He discovered haemin crystals, now known as Teichmann's crystals.[4]
Teichmann died on in Kraków.
Among his works, Das saugadersystem vom anatomischen standpunkte (1861) in particular acquired recognition.[1]