1801-1858 · Author of a monograph on the microscopic structure of tumours, Teacher of Rudolf Virchow
Johannes Peter Müller
Author of Ueber den feinern Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwülste (Berlin, 1838), described in bibliographic records as recognising cells, nuclei and nucleoli in tumours and distinguishing tumour types under the microscope. Rudolf Virchow was among his students according to a review.
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Müller J. Ueber den feinern Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwülste. Erste Lieferung. Berlin: G. Reimer; 1838. English translation: West C. On the nature and structural characteristics of cancer, and of those morbid growths which may be confounded with it. London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper; 1840. The 1840 translation was read in the Wellcome Collection public-domain digitisation (OCR text).
HistoryofMedicine.com, bibliographic entry 3106: Müller JP (1801-1858). Ueber den feinern Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwülste. Lief. 1. Berlin: G. Reimer, 1838 (Garrison-Morton 2612). Web page read 2026-10-20.
El Nachef L, Bouchet A, Bourguignon M, Foray N. When DNA Mutations Interplay with Cellular Proliferation: A Narrative History of Theories of Carcinogenesis. Cancers (Basel). 2024;16(11).