Meckel 's diverticulum was first explained by Fabricius Hildanus in the sixteenth century .
Meckel 's diverticulum was first later named after Johann Friedrich Meckel , who described the embryological origin of this type of diverticulum in 1809 .
Meckel 's diverticulum was first explained by Fabricius Hildanus in the sixteenth century and later named after Johann Friedrich Meckel , who described the embryological origin of this type of diverticulum in 1809 .