▁phys ician ▁in ▁Carl ▁August ▁Wilhelm ▁Ber ends ' ▁clin ic ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Frankfurt ▁an ▁der ▁O der . ▁Later , ▁he ▁further ed ▁his ▁education ▁on ▁a ▁scientific ▁journey ▁through ▁Germany , ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁France , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁compar ative ▁an atom y ▁with ▁Georges ▁C uv ier ▁( 1 7 6 9 - 1 8 3 2 ). ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 3 ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁an atom y ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁museum ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Bres lau . ▁ ▁Otto ▁special ized ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁ter at ology , ▁and ▁performed ▁extensive ▁research ▁involving ▁the ▁causes , ▁development ▁and ▁classification ▁of ▁con gen ital ▁mal form ations ▁in ▁plants ▁and ▁animals . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 1 ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁popular ▁at las ▁of ▁ter at ology ▁titled ▁Mon str orum ▁sex cent orum ▁descript io ▁an atom ica ▁( 6 0 0 ▁An atomic ▁Descri ptions ▁of ▁Mon sters ). ▁He ▁contributed ▁articles ▁to ▁several ▁journ als ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁collabor ator ▁to ▁Karl ▁Gustav ▁Car us ' ▁Er lä uter ung st af eln ▁zur ▁ver gleich enden ▁An atom ie . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁" Cons pect us ▁animal ium ▁qu or und am ▁mar it im orum " ▁( In aug . ▁dis sert , ▁V rat is lav iae ▁: ▁ 1 - 2 0 ) ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁scientific ▁papers ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁marine ▁animals . ▁He ▁is ▁hon