Embryology History - George Streeter

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Introduction

George Linius Streeter (1873-1948)

• 1906–1907 - assistant professor at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia, then went to the University of Michigan as professor of gross anatomy.
• 1914 - research professor in the department of embryology of the Carnegie Institution, at the Johns Hopkins Medical School under Franklin Paine Mall (1862 - 1917).
• 1917 - Streeter succeeded Mall as director of the Carnegie Institution.
• 1926–1928 - president of the American Association of Anatomists

"George Linius Streeter was generally recognized during the latter years of his life by the embryologists of the world as their leader in the study of human embryology. From 1914 until his death in 1948 he was connected with the Department of Embryology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, of which he was Director for 23 years (1917-1940). So fully indeed did he plan and lead the work of the Baltimore embryological laboratory that his fame and that of his department are scarcely separable." (Biographical Memoir 1954)

Historic Embryology

In 1949 the embryologist George Streeter used the replacement of cartilage within the humerus by bone marrow as an arbitrary definition of the embryo to fetus transition. "If the onset can be recognized in a given specimen, that specimen is straightway classed as a fetus."

Carnegie Institution of Embryology Directors: Franklin Mall (1914-1917) | Streeter (1917-1940) | George Corner (1940-)

Streeter also collaborated with:

• Chester Henry Heuser (1885 - 1965) on the early embryology of the pig.
• Chester Henry Heuser and Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879 - 1968) on the embryology of the rhesus monkey.

1907 Anatomical Record

New Appointment

Dr. George L. Streeter, Associate Professor of Neurology, Wistar Institute of Anatomy Philadelphia, has been appointed professor of anatomy at the University of Michigan to succeed Professor McMurrich.

Dr. Streeter graduated in arts at Union College and in medicine at Columbia University. After graduation he studied anatomy under the direction of Professor Edinger at Frankfort, Professor Hertwig at Berlin, and the late Professor His at Leipzig. During the years 1903-06 he served successively as assistant and instructor in anatomy at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Streeters investigations upon the structure and development of the central nervous system of man and of the ostrich, and also upon the development of the internal ear of man are familiar to readers of the American Journal of Anatomy. He has also published experimental studies on the development of the ear of the frog, in the Jour- nal of Experimental Zoology. These contributions have already gained recognition from the writers of several text-books upon anatomy and embryology, in which illustrations have been borrowed. The Wistar Institute has thus indicated another way in which it will aid the growth of anatomy in this country. While its own staff will feel the loss of Dr. Streeter's special capacity in technique and organization, and his stimulating influence in research, a valuable point is gained for the Institute when educational institutions of high standing seek professors from among its investigators.

Development Of The Interfore-Brain Commissures In The Human Embryo

By Geobge L. Stbeetek. Wistar Institute of Anatomy, Philadelphia.

A morphological study of the corpus callosum and the commissure of the hippocampus, based on a series of wax-plate reconstructions of human embryos varying from 80 to 150 mm. in length. All three structures cross the median line in that portion of the brain wall developed from the lamina terminalis. In 80 mm. embryos the corpus callosum consists of a round bundle of fibers lying directly on the commissure of the hippocampus, representing the condition found in non-placental animals. The succeeding growth consists in the lengthening of the fornix and caudal migration of the hippocampal commissure, the latter remaining in close relation to the caudal end of the corpus callosum, which in the meantime, by increase in number of fibers, has extended anterior to the anterior commissure and posterior so as to deck over the region of the third ventricle. The formation of a cavity in the septum lucidum occurs in embryos of about 95 mm. The anterior or olfactory division of the anterior commissure does not enter the olfactory bulb, but is traced to the cortex dorsal to the bulb.

Human Embryo Brain Vascular System (1921).

Plate 2. The developmental alterations in the vascular system of the brain of the human embryo Carnegie Collection, Embryo No. 588 Right and left profile views of a wax-plate reconstruction of the main arteries and veins in a human embryo 4 mm long. (Original plate enlargement about 40 diameters). This stage illustrates the character of the first type of the circulation of the head and its relation to the other blood-vessels of the body. The primary head-vein and its tributaries which form the main drainage-channels of the head as shown in blue. These communicate by anastomosing loops with the capillary plexus everywhere investing the brain-wall, only patches of which are shown in the model. The capillary plexus of the brain-wall is fed by arterial feeders, the stumps of which, as shown in the model, arise from the aortic system. The trunk that persists as the internal carotid artery is already quite definite.

Selected References

• Streeter GL. Anatomy of the floor of the fourth ventricle. (1903) Amer. J Anat. 2: 300-314.
• Streeter GL. The structure of the spinal cord of the ostrich. (1904) Amer. J Anat.
• Streeter GL. Peripheral development of the cranial and spinal nerves in the occipital region of the human embryo. (1904) Amer. J Anat. 4: 84-116.
• Streeter GL. The development of the cranial and spinal nerves in the occipital region of the human embryo. (1905) Amer. J Anat. 4(1):83–116.
• Streeter GL. On the development of the membranous labyrinth and the acoustic and facial nerves in the human embryo. (1906) Amer. J Anat. 6:139-165.
• Streeter GL. Some experiments on the developing ear vesicle of the tadpole with relation to equilibration. (1906) J Exper. Zoology. 3(4): 544-558.
• Streeter GL. The cortex of the brain in the human embryo during the fourth month with special reference to the so-called Papilla of Retzius (1907) Amer. J Anat.
• Streeter GL. Development of the interfore-brain commissures in the human embryo. (1907) Amer. J Anat. :56.
• Streeter GL. Some factors in the development of the amphibian ear vesicle and further experiments on equilibration. (1907) J Exper. Zoology. 4(3): 431-445.
• Streeter GL. The peripheral nervous system in the human embryo at the end of the first month (10 mm) (1908) Amer. J Anat. 8(1): 285–302.
• Streeter GL. The nuclei of origin of the cranial nerves in the 10 mm human embryo. (1908) Amer. J Anat. 2:111 - 115.
• Streeter GL. Experimental observations on the development of the amphibian ear vesicle. (1909) Anat. Rec. 3: 199-200.
• Streeter GL. The Development of the Nervous System. (1912) chapter 14, vol. 2, in Keibel F. and Mall FP. Manual of Human Embryology II. (1912) J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
• Streeter GL. Experimental evidence concerning the determination of posture of the membranous labyrinth in amphibian embryos. (1914) Jour. Exper. Zool., 16.
• Streeter GL. The development of the venous sinuses of the dura mater in the human embryo. (1915) Amer. J Anat.18: 145-178.
• Streeter GL. The vascular drainage of the endolymphatic sac and its topographical relation to the transverse sinus in the human. (1916) Amer. J Anat. 19(1): 67-89.
• Streeter GL. The development of the scala tympani, scala vestibuli and perioticular cistern in the human embryo. (1917) Amer. J Anat. 21: 300-320.
• Streeter GL. The factors involved in the excavation of the cavities in the cartilaginous capsule of the ear in the human embryo. (1917) Amer. J Anat. 22: 1–25.
• Streeter GL. The histogenesis and growth of the otic capsule and its contained periotic tissue-spaces in the human embryo. (1918) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. 8: 5-54.
• Streeter GL. Factors involved in the formation of the filum terminale. (1919) Amer. J Anat. 22(1): 1-11.
• Streeter GL. A human embryo (Mateer) of the pre-somite period. (1920) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 272, 9: 389-424.
• Streeter GL. The developmental alterations in the vascular system of the brain of the human embryo. (1921) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. 8:7-38.
• Streeter GL. Weight, sitting height, head size, foot length, and menstrual age of the human embryo. (1921) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ., 55 Contrib. Embryol., Publ. 274, 11: 143-170.
• Streeter GL. Migration of the ear vesicle in the tadpole during normal development. (1921) Anat. Rec. 21(2): 115-126.
• Streeter GL. Development of the auricle in the human embryo. (1922) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 277, Contrib. Embryol., 14: 111-138.
• Streeter GL. Development of the mesoblast and notochord in pig embryos. (1927) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. no. 380. 19: 73-92.
• Streeter GL. Focal deficiencies in foetal tissues and their relation to intrauterine amputation. (1930) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. 22: 4.
• Streeter GL. Development of the egg as seen by the embryologist. (1931) The Scientific Monthly 32: 495-506.
• Streeter GL. The status of metamerism in the central nervous system of chick embryos. (1933) J. Comp. Neural. 455-475.
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos. Description of age group XI, 13 to 20 somites, and age group XII, 21 to 29 somites. (1942) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 541, 30: 211-245.
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos. Description of age group XIII, embryos about 4 or 5 millimeters long, and age group XIV, period of indentation of the lens vesicle. (1945) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 557, Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash., 31: 27-63.
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos. Description of age groups XV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII, being the third issue of a survey of the Carnegie collection. (1948) Contrib. Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Wash. 575, 32: 133-203.
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos (fourth issue). A review of the histogenesis of cartilage and bone. (1949) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 583, Contrib. Embryol., 33: 149-169. PMID: 18144445
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos. Description of age groups XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, and XXIII, being the fifth issue of a survey of the Carnegie Collection (prepared for publication by Heuser CH. and Corner GW.). (1951) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 592, Contrib. Embryol., 34: 165-196.
• Streeter GL. Developmental horizons in human embryos. Age groups XI to XXIII. (1951) Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C.
• Streeter GL. Developmental Horizons In Human Embryos Description Or Age Groups XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, And XXIII, Being The Fifth Issue Of A Survey Of The Carnegie Collection. (1957) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 611, Contrib. Embryol., 36: 167-196.

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  1912 Nervous System

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  1918 Otic Capsule

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  1920 Human Embryo Growth

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  1920 Presomite Embryo

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  1921 Brain Vascular

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  1922 Auricle Development

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