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ture, to which were added the ideas derived from the study of 
the development of organs. He was endowed with an intensely 
keen insight, an insight which enabled him to separate from 
the vast mass of facts the important and essential features, 
so that they yielded results of great interest and of lasting im- 
portance. This gifted anatomist attracted many young men 
Fic. 48.—KarL_ GEGENBAUR, 1826-1903. 
from the United States and from other countries to pursue 
under his direction the study of comparative anatomy. He 
died in Heidelberg in 1903, where he had been for many years 
professor of anatomy in the university. 
In the group of living German anatomists the names of 
Fiirbringer, Waldeyer, and Wiedersheim can not go unmen- 
tioned. 
