Otto Westphal; Edinger described it in the human fetal brain (1885), while Westphal described it in the adult brain two years later. References Further reading Mein Lebensgang. Erinnerungen eines Frankfurter Arztes und Hirnforschers, Kramer, Oberursel 2005, External links Ludwig Edinger at Who Named It 1855 births 1918 deaths 19th-century German Jews German anatomists Jewish physicians German neurologists People from Worms, Germany People from Rhenish Hesse Heidelberg University alumni University of Strasbourg alumni Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery