Quote of the day
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Born: July 9, 1809
Died: May 13, 1885 (aged 75)
Bio: Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for the germ theory of disease.