Author of “Beiträge zur Physiologie des Geschmacksinnes,” Pflüger’s Archiv., Vols. XIX and XX. (1879); “Die Physiologische Reactionzeit und der Ortsinn der Haut,” Ibid., Vol. XXII. (1880); “Untersuchungen ueber die Frage ob die Geschwindigkeit der Fortpflanzung der Nervenerregung von Reizstärke abhängig ist,” Ibid., Vol. XXX. (1882).
Virchow, Rudolf. Born at Schivelbein, Pomerania, 1821. M.D. (Berlin) 1843; Prosect. Univ. Berlin, 1847; Public Prof. in Ordinary of Path. Anat., Gen. Path, and Therapeutics Univ. Berlin; Director Path. Inst.; Hon. Mem. Roy. Med. Soc. London, 1850; Corr. Mem. French Acad. of Med., 1859.
Author of “Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur Wissenschaftlichen Medicin,” Frankfort, 1856; “Die cellular Pathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre,” Berlin, 1859; “Ueber die Erziehung des Weibes für seinen Beruf,” Berlin, 1865; “Menschen und Affenschädel,” 1866; “Die Aufgabe der Naturwissenschaften in den neuen nationalen Leben Deutschlands,” Berlin, 1871; “Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft im modernen Staat,” Berlin, 1877, &c., &c. Editor of “Virchow’s Archiv.”
Vogt, Carl. B. at Giessen, 1817; Studied Giessen and Bern; M.D. 1839; Found. Scient. Soc. of German Doctors in Paris; Prof. Univ. Giessen, 1847; Prof. Comp. Anat. Med. Fac. Univ. Geneva, 1852.
Author of “Im Gebirge und auf den Gletschern,” Soleure, 1843; “Lehrbuch der Geologie und Petrefacktenkunde,” Brunswick, 1846; “Physiologische Briefe,” Stuttgard, 1845-46; Ibid., Paris, 1875; “Ocean und Mittelmeer,” Frankfort, 1848; “Untersuchungen ueber Thierstaaten,” 1851; “Bilder aus dem Thierleben,” 1852; “Koehlerglaube und Wissenschaft,” 1833; “Vorlesungen ueber den Menschen,” 1864; “Vorlesungen ueber nützliche und schädliche Thiere,” 1856; “Die Mikrocephalen oder Affenmenschen,” 1866, &c.
Voit, Carl von. B. at Amborga, Bavaria, 1831. Studied Med. at Monaco and Wurzburg, and in the Labs. of Pettenkofer, Wächter, and Bischoff. Prof. of Med. Univ. Monaco, 1863; Prof. Physiol. Med. Fac., Univ. of Munich, 1883.
Joint author with Prof. Bischoff of “Die Gesetze der Ernährung des Fleischfressers,” Leipsig and Heidelberg, 1860; “Untersuchungen ueber den Einfluss des Kochsalzes, des Kaffees und der Muskelbewegungen auf den Stoffwechsel,” Munich, 1860; Editor of “Zeitschrift fuer Biologie,” Munich and Leipsig. Contrib. to “Handbuch der Physiologie,” edited by L. Herrmann of Zurich, Leipsig, 1879.
Vulpian, A., 24, Rue Soufflot, Paris. M.D. Paris, 1854; Prof. Path. Anat. Med. Faculty, 1867; Prof. Comp. and Exper. Path., 1872; Mem. Acad. of Sciences, 1876.
Author of “Leçon sur la Physiologie générale et comparée du système nerveux,” 1866; “Leçons sur l’appareil vaso-moteur,” 1874; “Maladies du système nerveux,” 1879.
“M. Vulpian has recently made a large number of experiments to ascertain the degree and character of the mechanical excitability of the grey cortex of the brain. In mammals, dog, cat, and rabbit, in the normal condition, he could never produce in this way the slightest movement either in the limbs of the opposite side, or in those of the same side. The mechanical stimulation was produced by rubbing the surface of the cortex with a small sponge, or a fragment of amadou, or with the points of dissection forceps.… If therefore movement resulted from such stimulation in the experiments of Couty, the effect must have been purely accidental or the consequence of some experimental error. The results were also negative when Vulpian repeated the experiments after having produced inflammation of the surface of the sigmoid gyrus by tincture of cantharides, by essence of mustard or by nicotine.”—Lancet, Sept. 16, 1882, p. 453.