An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

LANGHANS, Theodor

2 entries
  • 491

Zur Kenntnis der menschlichen Placenta.

Arch Gynäk., 1, 317-34, 1870.

“Langhans’s layer”—the cytotrophoblast, the individual cells of which are termed “Langhans’s cells”.



Subjects: ANATOMY › 19th Century, BIOLOGY › Cell Biology
  • 3767

Das maligne Lymphosarkom (Pseudoleukämie).

Virchows Arch. path. Anat., , 54, 509-37., 1872.

Langhans noted the presence of giant cells in the lesions of Hodgkin’s disease.



Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Lymphoma, Spleen: Lymphatics