Bock. I. Karl August, a German anatomist, born in Magdeburg, March 25, 1782, died in Leipsic, Jan. 30, 1833. He was assistant prosector of Rosenmuller, and from 1814 till his death prosector in the anatomical theatre of Leipsic, and did much to improve that institution. He wrote Handbuch der praktischen Anatomic des menschlichen Korpers (2 vols., Meissen, 1819-'22), and other medical works. II. Karl Ernst, a German anatomist and author, son of the preceding, born in Leipsic, Feb. 21, 1809. He studied under the direction of his father at the schools and the university of Leipsic, graduating in 1831. In the same year he practised for a short time in the hospitals of Warsaw. On his return to Leipsic he became adjunct professor at the university, and subsequently professor and director of a part of the clinical department; and he also presided over post-mortem examinations. His Handbuch der Anatomie des Menschen, etc. (2 vols., Leipsic, 1838; 4th ed., 1864), and Anatomisches Taschenbuch (1839; 5th ed., 1864), have been translated into Russian and Danish, and his Lehrbuch der pathologischen Anatomie und Diagnostih (4th ed., 1864) is very popular.

His other works include Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen (5th ed., 1864) and Bau, Leben und Pflege des menschlichen Korpers in Wort und Bild (1868); and he completed the Chirurgisch-anatomische Tafeln of his father.