Karl Heinrich Christian Bartels

Karl Heinrich Christian Bartels (1822 – 1878) was a German internist and pathologist, known for research of kidney disorders.

He studied medicine and sciences at the universities of Kiel and Heidelberg, where he was influenced by the work of anatomist Jacob Henle.

He served under surgeon Louis Stromeyer in the First Schleswig War, during which, he spent two months in Danish captivity.

In 1851 he obtained his habilitation and worked as assistant to Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs at the University of Kiel.

From 1853 he spent several months in Vienna, where he studied pathological anatomy and skin diseases.