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He was graduated in medicine at Leipzig in 1800; became professor of physiology in the University of Dorpat in 1811, and four years later took a similar position at the University of Königsberg.
He provided in 1822 the name, due to the arching shape of its longest fibres, of the arcuate fasciculus.
Legacy
The column of Burdach or fasciculus cuneatus, the lateral portion of the dorsal funiculus of the spinal cord is named for him. He differentiated the caudate nucleus from the putamen and identified the globus pallidus and its inner and outer segments.
Works
Diatetik für Gesunde (1805)
Enzyklopädie der Heilwissenschaft (three volumes, 1810–12)
Vom Bau und Leben des Gehirns und Rückenmarks (three volumes, 1819–25)
Neues Recepttaschenbuch für angehende Ärzte . 2., unveränd. Ausg. (1820) Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Die Physiologie als Erfahrungswissenschaft (1826–40)