Max Westenhöfer was a German doctor (pathologist). Westenhöfer lived in Chile from 1908 to 1911, where he had been contracted to set up an institute of pathology by the government. He held chairs in pathology at Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin (today’s Humboldt University of Berlin) and at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile.

Material:

• 2 folders. Material on: the history of pathology in Chile; the autopsy of a corpse that was found in the grounds of the German embassy in Santiago de Chile in 1909; setting up an institute for pathology in Santiago de Chile (1908-1911).
• offprints of his publications
• approx. 1,200 sheets
• handwritten notes
• expert assessments
• activity reports
• documentation on pathological investigations
• letters (correspondence with colleagues, 1933-1937)
• newspaper clippings
• photographs

Keywords: Chile, institutions, history of science