The New International Encyclopædia/Aeby, Christoph Theodor

AEBY, e'b'. Christoph Theodor (1835-85). A Swiss anatomist and anthropologist, born near Pfalzburg. Lorraine. He studied medicine at Basel and Göttingen. In 1863, he was made professor of anatomy at Bern, and in 1884 at the University of Prague. He is best known for his contributions to anthropology, which include a new and valuable craniometric method. He also demonstrated the influence of atmospheric pressure on the several joints of the human body. His published works include: Untersuchungen über die Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit der Reizung in der quergestreiften Muskelfaser (Brunswick, 1862); Eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung der Schädelform von Menschen und Säugetieren (Brunswick, 1862); Die Schädelformen des Menschen und der Affen (Leipzig, 1867); Ueber das Verhältnis der Mikrokephalie zum Atavismus (Stuttgart, 1878).