death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date prizes image article_title name
23 april 1895 leipzig witzenhausen germany physiology 29 december 1816 copley medal -lrb- 1884 -rrb- carl ludwig -lrb- physiologist -rrb- . jpg carl ludwig
 carl ludwig
carl ludwig

carl friedrich wilhelm ludwig -lrb- ; 29 december 1816 -- 23 april 1895 -rrb- was a german physician and physiologist .
in 1842 ludwig became a professor of physiology and in 1846 of comparative anatomy .
from professorships in zurich and vienna he went in 1865 to the university of leipzig and developed there the physiological institute , designated today after him : carl ludwig institute of physiology .
ludwig researched several topics such as the physiology of blood pressure , urinary excretion , and anesthesia .
he received the copley medal in 1884 for his research .
in 1869 , he was elected a foreign member of the royal swedish academy of sciences .
he is credited for inventing the stromuhr .
since 1932 the carl ludwig honorary medal is awarded by the german society for cardiology to outstanding investigators in the area of cardiovascular research .
