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Meckel. Just as C\ivic-r stands at the beginning of the 

 school of comparative anatomy in France, so does J. Fr. 

 Meckel in Cermany. Meckel (i 781-1833) was a man of 

 rare talent, descended from a family of distinguished anat- 

 omists. From i8o_| to 1806 he studied in Paris under Cuvier, 

 and wlun lie came to leave the French capital to become 

 j)rofessor of anatomy at TTalle, he carried into Germany the 



Fig. 47. — J. Fr. Meckel, 1781-1833. 



teachini^s and methods of his master. He was a strong? force 

 in tlie university, attracting students to his department by 

 his excellent lectures and his ability to arouse enthusiasm. 

 Some of these students were stimulated to undertake re- 

 searches in anatomy, and there came from his laboratorv a 

 number of investigations that were published in a periodical 

 which he founded. "Meckel himself produced many scientific 

 jjapers and works on comparative anatomy, which assisted 



