Biomedical mementos: Ernst von Brücke, founder of Austrian physiology

Biomedical mementos: Ernst von Brücke, founder of Austrian physiology

Authors

  • Lazaros C. Triarhou Department of Psychology, Division of Brain, Behavior and Cognition, Aristotelian University Faculty of Philosophy, Thessalonica, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-5738

Keywords:

Experimental physiology, Second Vienna School, Berlin Physical Society, ciliary muscle, dynamic psychiatry

Abstract

This vignette commemorates the pioneer Austrian physiologist Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke in conjunction with a special plaquette commissioned at the 8th triennial International Congress of Physiologists which was held in Vienna in 1910.

Author Biography

Lazaros C. Triarhou, Department of Psychology, Division of Brain, Behavior and Cognition, Aristotelian University Faculty of Philosophy, Thessalonica, Greece

Professor of Basic Neuroscience

References

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Brücke E. Über den musculus Cramptonianus und den Spannmuskel der Choroidea (Vorgetragen in der Berliner physikalischen Gesellschaft am 29. Mai 1846). Arch Anat Physiol Wiss Med (Berl) 1846; 13:370–8.

Kniefacz K. Geschichte der Universität Wien: Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke. https://geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/ernst-wilhelm-ritter-von-bruecke (2021, accessed 15 August 2023).

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Published

23-05-2024

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024)

Section

Letter to Editor: History of Medicine

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Triarhou L. Biomedical mementos: Ernst von Brücke, founder of Austrian physiology. Med Histor [Internet]. 2024 May 23 [cited 2025 Mar. 15];8(1):e2024012. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/15787