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Quotes about Emil du Bois-Reymond. Matteucci demonstrated that an injury current, the "demarcation current," flowed between the cut and intact surface of a muscle or nerve, that this current momentarily disappeared when the muscle contracted, and that a cut nerve could be excited when an underlying muscle twitched (the "induced twitch ...
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (born Nov. 7, 1818, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died Dec. 26, 1896, Berlin, Ger.) 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 ...
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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
Jan 1, 2014 · Anton Chekhov to Alexei Suvorin, 27 October 1888. Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896) grew up divided. His father was Swiss and poor, but his mother came from one of Berlin’s most celebrated families. At home he learned art, music, and conversation, but his parents encouraged exercise, exploration, and experiment.
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In his own time (1818–1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture. This biography by Gabriel Finkelstein draws on personal papers, published writings, and contemporary responses to tell the story of a major scientific ...
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.
Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818--1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture. This biography by Gabriel Finkelstein draws on personal ...
