A Neuron Theory Begins to Take Form: His, Forel, Nansen
Abstract During the r88os, the debates on the structure of the nerve cell continued in the universities of Europe. Then, in r 886, came definitive pronouncements by two well-known authorities, Wilhelm His of Leipzig and August Forel of Zürich, followed shortly by supporting evidence from an unsuspec...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1991
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195064919.003.0009 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52332678/isbn-9780195064919-book-part-9.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract During the r88os, the debates on the structure of the nerve cell continued in the universities of Europe. Then, in r 886, came definitive pronouncements by two well-known authorities, Wilhelm His of Leipzig and August Forel of Zürich, followed shortly by supporting evidence from an unsuspected quarter, a young anatomist in Norway named Fridtjof Nansen. Each of these moved the subject away from the preoccupation with unseen networks and set it squarely on the path toward the concept of the nerve cell as an independent cellular entity. |
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