Prof. Maria F. Cortés, DDS, MSc

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A Moment in History

Georg Eduard Von Rindfleisch
(1836 – 1908)

German pathologist and histologist of Bavarian nobility ancestry. Rindfleisch studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, and Heidelberg, earning his MD in 1859 with the thesis “De Vasorum Genesi” (on the generation of vessels) under the tutelage of Rudolf Virchow (1821 - 1902). He then continued as a assistant to Virchow in a newly founded institute in Berlin. He then moved to Breslau in 1861 as an assistant to Rudolf Heidenhain (1834–1897), becoming a professor of pathological anatomy. In 1865 he became full professor in Bonn and in 1874 in Würzburg, where a new pathological institute was built according to his design (completed in 1878), where he worked until his retirement in 1906.

He was the first to describe the inflammatory background of multiple sclerosis in 1863, when he noted that demyelinated lesions have in their center small vessels that are surrounded by a leukocyte inflammatory infiltrate.

After extensive investigations, he suspected an infectious origin of tuberculosis - even before Robert Koch's detection of the tuberculosis bacillus in 1892. Rindfleisch 's special achievement is the description of the morphologically conspicuous macrophages in typhoid inflammation. His distinction between myocardial infarction and myocarditis in 1890 is also of lasting importance.

Associated eponyms

"Rindfleisch's folds": Usually a single semilunar fold of the serous surface of the pericardium around the origin of the aorta. Also known as the plica semilunaris aortæ.

"Rindfleisch's cells": Historical (and obsolete) name for eosinophilic leukocytes.

Personal note: G. Rindfleisch’s book “Traité D' Histologie Pathologique” 2nd edition (1873) is now part of my library. This book was translated from German to French by Dr. Frédéric Gross (1844-1927) , Associate Professor of the Medicine Faculty in Nancy, France. The book is dedicated to Dr. Theodore Billroth (1829-1894), an important surgeon whose pioneering work on subtotal gastrectomies paved the way for today’s robotic bariatric surgery. Dr. Miranda.

Sources:
1. "Stedmans Medical Eponyms" Forbis, P.; Bartolucci, SL; 1998 Williams and Wilkins
2. "Rindfleisch, Georg Eduard von (bayerischer Adel?)" Deutsche Biographie
3. "The pathology of multiple sclerosis and its evolution" Lassmann H. (1999) Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 354 (1390): 1635–40.
4. “Traité D' Histologie Pathologique” G.E.
Rindfleisch 2nd Ed (1873) Ballieres et Fils. Paris, Translated by F Gross

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Dr. María Fernanda Cortés Sylvester is a Dentist based in Santiago de Chile. She is a Specialist in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology and has also a Master’s degree in Temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain obtained at the Neapolitan University Federico II, Italy.

Currently she is an assistant professor, lecturer of Human Anatomy at the Faculty of Dentistry of the Finis Terrae University, and teacher in charge of the first year’s Anatomy course.

She also collaborates as a Postgraduate teacher for students of the “Anatomical Bases of Normal Imaging” diploma program at the Medical school of the same university.

Besides Anatomy, she is also an instructor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology at the Dentistry faculty of University of Chile for under and postgraduates, and is a lecturer on the morphofunction module for first-years dentistry students at Finis Terrae University.

Due to her background in both Anatomy and Oral Radiology she is part of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Society of Chile and the AACA (American Association of Clinical Anatomists).

Dr. Cortés has her own private practice in Santiago, Chile where she dedicates to all general aspects in dentistry, collaborating with a multidisciplinary group of dentists. At her private practice, she also focuses on the treatment of patients with temporomandibular disorders.

Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc is proud to have Dr. Cortés as a contributor to "Medical Terminology Daily" and as a consultant to our team.

La Dra. María Fernanda Cortés Sylvester es cirujano dentista con sede en Santiago de Chile. Es especialista en Radiología Dento Maxilofacial de la Universidad de Chile y tiene una Maestría en Trastornos Temporomandibulares y Dolor orofacial, obtenida en la universidad napolitana Universidad Federico II, Italia.

Actualmente es profesor asistente encargada de la cátedra de Anatomía Humana de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad Finis Terrae., en donde también colabora como docente en el postítulo de "Bases anatómicas de la Imagenología normal", programa de la Escuela de Medicina.

Además de Anatomía, es Instructor de Radiología Oral y Maxilofacial en la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Chile en pre y postgrado, y colabora como docente en el módulo morfofunción para los estudiantes de primer año de odontología en la Universidad Finis Terrae.

Debido a su desarrollo en estas áreas es parte de la Sociedad de Radiología oral y maxilofacial de Chile y la AACA (Asociación Americana de Anatomistas Clínicos).

La Dra. Cortés tiene su propia oficina odontológica privada en Santiago, Chile, donde se dedica a la odontología general con enfoque en el tratamiento de pacientes con trastornos odontológicos y máxilofaciales.

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Dr. María Fernanda Cortés Sylvester

Dentistry Faculty
Finis Terrae University
1509 Pedro de Valdivia Avenue
7501015 RM Providencia
Santiago, CHILE

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Prof. Maria F. Cortés, DDS, MSc

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