Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
corpuscle of Herbst Pronunciation:
-'he(&)rpst Function:
noun : any of several tactile organs that are found in birds and are related toPacinian corpuscles
Herbst, Ernst Friedrich Gustav H. (1803–1893), German anatomist. Herbst spent his career teaching at the university at Göttingen. He alsopublished numerous articles on subjects that included the air capacity of the lungs, the treatment of hydrogen cyanide poisoning, Asiatic cholera, and the lymphatic system. In 1848 he published anarticle on Pacinian corpuscles in which he described the tactile organs that now honor his name.
