Georg Ludwig Kobelt
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Georg Ludwig Kobelt (March 12, 1804 - May 18, 1857) was a German anatomist from Baden.
He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, where he was a student of Friedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861). He received his doctorate in 1833 and later worked as a prosector at Heidelberg. In 1841 he became a prosector at the University of Freiburg and in 1847 a professor of anatomy.
Kobelt is remembered for his studies in sexual anatomy. In 1844 he published the influential Die männlichen und weiblichen Wollust-Organe des Menschen und einiger Säugetiere (The Male and Female Organs of Sexual Arousal in Man and some other Mammals). Kobelt is credited for providing a comprehensive and accurate description regarding the function of the clitoris.
The eponymous "Kobelt's tubules" are named after him, which are remnants of mesonephric ducts in the paroöphoron. These remnants are sometimes referred to as Wolffian tubules; named after Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1774).
