Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brigo, Francesco
• Martini, Mariano

Titel

Franz Tappeiner (1816-1902): The physician who became headhunter. Portrait of a leading figure in 19th Century anthropology

Ist Teil von

• Journal of medical biography, 2024-02, Vol.32 (1), p.32-35

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Franz Tappeiner (1816, Laas - 1902, Merano) was an Austrian physician and anthropologist. He studied at the universities of Prague, Padua and Vienna and in 1846 he moved to Merano. Tappeiner investigated the transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis in animal models and he dealt with public health. As an anatomist, he performed thousands of craniometrics measurements, creating a huge skull collection later donated to the Natural History Museum in Vienna. In 1878, Tappeiner turned to archeology and palaeoanthropology, with the aim of clarifying the origins of the Alpine population of Tyroleans. He was also active as a botanist.