- Helmholtz, Virchow and Berlins medical tradition
In his doctoral thesis, Hermann von Helmholtz examined the structure of the nervous system of invertebrates Did it follow similar principles to that of vertebrates and humans, or was it quite different?
- Hermann von Helmholtz - Wikipedia
Trained primarily in physiology, Helmholtz wrote on many other topics, ranging from theoretical physics to the age of the Earth, and to the origin of the Solar System
- Hermann von Helmholtz • LITFL Medical Blog • Medical Eponym Library
Helmholtz was a pioneer in the scientific study of human vision and hearing He revolutionized the field of ophthalmology with the invention of the ophthalmoscope in 1851
- Hermann von Helmholtz: THE OPHTHALMOSCOPE AND SOME OF HIS OTHER . . .
Abstract Hermann von Helmholtz was a German, and one of the most important individuals in the history of physics and me-dicine He made important findings in muscle and nerve physiology, physiological acoustics, and thermodynamics In addition, his contributions to ophthalmology were enormous
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–94) | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery . . .
The physician Hermann von Helmholtz, born in Potsdam, was, on his mother’s side, a descendent of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania His contributions to science—which included physiology, optics, electrodynamics, and meteorology— were numerous
- Hermann von Helmholtz - World History Edu
Helmholtz rejected this speculative tradition by showing that biological systems obeyed the same physical laws as non-living systems His work was informed by earlier studies in thermodynamics and mechanics by scientists such as Sadi Carnot, James Prescott Joule, and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
- Hermann von Helmholtz | EBSCO Research Starters
Helmholtz completed his medical degree in 1842, with a dissertation showing that nerve fibers are connected to ganglion cells After some further research on fermentation that seemed to support vitalism, he was appointed as army surgeon to the regiment at Potsdam
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 - 1894) - Biography - MacTutor History of . . .
Hermann von Helmholtz was a German mathematician who trained as a medical doctor and made important contributions to mathematical physics, optics and acoustics as well as to physiology and psychology
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