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Emil du Bois-Reymond. Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physician and physiologist, known as a pioneer of experimental electrophysiology.
Emil du Bois-Reymond proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, championed the theory of natural selection and revolutionized the study of the nervous system. Today he is all but forgotten.
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond was the German founder of modern electrophysiology, known for his research on electrical activity in nerve and muscle fibres. Working at the University of Berlin (1836–96) under Johannes Müller, whom he later succeeded as professor of physiology (1858), Du Bois-Reymond.
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Science Quotes by Emil DuBois-Reymond (3 quotes) (source) Every ambitious scholar, especially one who has already attained achievements equal to yours, is Humboldt’s son; we are all his family.
In his famous speech "Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens" (1872) Emil du Bois-Reymond lifted the Laplacean formula out of its long oblivion and placed it at the focal point of epistemological and scientific discussion...
Jan 1, 2014 · In a famous passage, du Bois-Reymond laid out the difficulty: “What conceivable connection exists between definite movements of definite atoms in my brain on the one hand, and on the other hand such primordial, indefinable, undeniable facts as these: I feel pain or pleasure; I taste something sweet, or smell a rose, or hear an organ, or see ...
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Jan 16, 2014 · The German pioneer of electrophysiology, Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), is generally assumed to have remained silent on the subject of the brain. However, the archive of his papers in Berlin contains manuscript notes to a lecture on “The Seat of the Soul” that he delivered to popular audiences in 1884 and 1885.
