Medical Specialty

Physiology

Genetics, Immunology and Microbiological Sciences
Origin classical Greece, late 5th century BC

Physiology is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system, and its name comes from the Ancient Greek words for nature or origin and for study of. As a subdiscipline of biology it focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells and biomolecules carry out chemical and physical functions. The field can be divided by the class of organism studied into medical physiology, animal physiology, plant physiology, cell physiology and comparative physiology. Central to physiological functioning are biophysical and biochemical processes, homeostatic control mechanisms and communication between cells. Physiological state is the condition of normal function, in contrast to the pathological state that describes abnormal conditions including human diseases. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, recognizes exceptional achievements in physiology related to medicine.

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Source Nicolas Maurice Arthus (Wikipedia article)
Source Nikolay Artemov (source article)
Source Otto Heinrich Warburg (Wikipedia)
Paul Amman, Healers
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Paul Morawitz, Healers
Source Paul Morawitz (Wikipedia)
Ramón Grau, Healers
Source Ramón Grau (Wikipedia)
Source Regnier de Graaf (Wikipedia)
Source René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes (Wikipedia)
Source Robert Franz Schmidt (source article)
Source Rudolf Heidenhain (Wikipedia)
Rudolf Höber, Healers
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Source Santorio Santorio (Wikipedia)
Source Stanisław Konturek (Wikipedia)
Source Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (Wikipedia)
Thomas Lauth, Healers
Source Thomas Lauth (Wikipedia)
Source Viktor von Weizsäcker (Wikipedia)
Wilhelm Wundt, Healers
Source Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia)

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1. Physiology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory, The classical era
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The study of human physiology as a medical field originates in classical Greece
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Ludimar Hermann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludimar Hermann, Lead and biography
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was a German physiologist and speech scientist
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Ludolf von Krehl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludolf von Krehl, Article text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludolf von Krehl, Article text [specialist-in]
was a German internist and physiologist
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Max Verworn (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Max Verworn, Article text [specialist-in]
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was a German physiologist
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Viktor von Weizsäcker (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Viktor von Weizsäcker, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Viktor von Weizsäcker, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German physician and physiologist
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René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes, Life, After Italy
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A year later he became professor of physiology and medical physics.
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Friedrich Goltz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Goltz, Biography
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professor of physiology at the University of Halle
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Nathan Zuntz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Nathan Zuntz, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Nathan Zuntz, Lead [in-group]
was a German physiologist born in Bonn.
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Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann, Lead [in-group]
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was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher.
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Gabriel Valentin (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gabriel Valentin, Lead [in-group]
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was a German physiologist and professor of physiology at the University of Bern.
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Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Article text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Article text [specialist-in]
held professorships in anatomy and physiology at the University of Giessen (1843-1855)
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Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein, Article text [specialist-in]
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He covered topics ranging from the newest insights about plants and animals, through geology, physiology to physics and chemistry.
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Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a 19th-century German physiologist
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Georg Friedrich Nicolai (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Georg Friedrich Nicolai, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Georg Friedrich Nicolai, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a German physiologist
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Karl von Vierordt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl von Vierordt, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl von Vierordt, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German physiologist
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Rudolf Höber (source article)
Notable Specialists: Rudolf Höber, Entry heading, birth and death line
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Stettin, Prussia [now Poland], 27 December 1873; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 September 1953
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Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Biography, Frankfurt lectures
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Biography, Frankfurt lectures
he gave lectures in physiology, botany and materia medica at the University of Frankfurt
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Albert von Bezold (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Albert von Bezold, ADB entry, opening sentence [specialist-in]
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Professor der Physiologie
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Heinrich von Ranke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraph
was a German physiologist and pediatrician
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Franz Christian Boll (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Franz Christian Boll, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Franz Christian Boll, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German physiologist and histologist
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Leonard Landois (source article)
Notable Specialists: Leonard Landois, Second paragraph
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professor and director of the institute of physiology at Greifswald
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Johann Ernst Hebenstreit (source article)
Notable Specialists: Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, Article text
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, Article text
he became a professor of physiology, anatomy and surgery
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Ernst Julius Richard Ewald (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ernst Julius Richard Ewald, Biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ernst Julius Richard Ewald, Biography
he succeeded Goltz as chair of physiology at Strasbourg
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Rudolf Heidenhain (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Rudolf Heidenhain, Lead paragraph, occupation
Quote, Notable Specialists: Rudolf Heidenhain, Lead paragraph, occupation
was a German physiologist
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Johannes Ranke (source article)
Notable Specialists: Johannes Ranke, Lead section and biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johannes Ranke, Lead section and biography
was a German physiologist and anthropologist
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Paul Amman (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Amman, Article lead and career sections [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Amman, Article lead and career sections [specialist-in]
in 1674 he was promoted to the botanical chair, which he again in 1682 exchanged for the physiological
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Paul Morawitz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Morawitz, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Morawitz, Wikipedia article text
was a German internist and physiologist
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Nikolay Artemov (source article)
Notable Specialists: Nikolay Artemov, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Nikolay Artemov, Lead sentence [in-group]
Soviet Russian physiologist
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Otto Heinrich Warburg (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Otto Heinrich Warburg, Lead and biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Otto Heinrich Warburg, Lead and biography
was a German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate
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Emil du Bois-Reymond (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Emil du Bois-Reymond, Works
Quote, Notable Specialists: Emil du Bois-Reymond, Works
a professorship of physiology, which was given to du Bois-Reymond
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Carl von Voit (source article)
Notable Specialists: Carl von Voit, Article text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl von Voit, Article text [specialist-in]
was a German physiologist and dietitian
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Juan Negrín (source article)
Notable Specialists: Juan Negrín, Article body [specialist-in]
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he became a professor of physiology at the Physiology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid Medical School
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Albert von Kölliker (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert von Kölliker, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert von Kölliker, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist
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Eduard Weber (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eduard Weber, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Eduard Weber, Lead [in-group]
was a German anatomist and physiologist
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Friedrich Christian Rosenthal (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Christian Rosenthal, Biography [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Christian Rosenthal, Biography [in-group]
returned to Greifswald as a professor of physiology and anatomy
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Herbert S. Gasser - Facts (NobelPrize.org)
Notable Specialists: Herbert Spencer Gasser, Facts, prize motivation and work
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for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres
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Ludwig Julius Budge (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Julius Budge, Lead sentence
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Ludwig Julius Budge (11 September 1811, in Wetzlar, 14 July 1888, in Greifswald) was a German physiologist
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Dickinson W. Richards (source article)
Notable Specialists: Dickinson W. Richards, Lead
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was an American physician and physiologist.
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Nicolas Maurice Arthus (Wikipedia article)
Notable Specialists: Nicolas Maurice Arthus, Biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Nicolas Maurice Arthus, Biography [specialist-in]
In 1907, he was appointed to the Chair of Physiology at the University of Lausanne
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Bert Sakmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Bert Sakmann, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Bert Sakmann, Lead [in-group]
is a German cell physiologist
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Adolf Eugen Fick (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Adolf Eugen Fick, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Adolf Eugen Fick, Lead [in-group]
was a German-born physician and physiologist
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Ernst Heinrich Weber (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ernst Heinrich Weber, Lead section and biography of the source article [specialist-in]
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specializing in anatomy and physiology
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Ramón Grau (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ramón Grau, Article text
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ramón Grau, Article text
became a professor of physiology at the University of Havana
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Enrico Sertoli (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Enrico Sertoli, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Enrico Sertoli, Lead [in-group]
was an Italian physiologist, histologist, anatomist, biological chemist, physician, teacher, and inventor
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Charles Le Roy (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Charles Le Roy (physician), Achievements section
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first experimental evidence that nerves could be electrically stimulated
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Anton Wilhelm Plaz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Anton Wilhelm Plaz, Lead section [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Anton Wilhelm Plaz, Lead section [specialist-in]
physiology (1754-58), anatomy and surgery (1758), pathology (1758-73)
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Stanisław Konturek (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Stanisław Konturek, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Stanisław Konturek, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a Polish physiologist and gastroenterologist
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Thomas Lauth (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Thomas Lauth, Background [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Thomas Lauth, Background [specialist-in]
his post became the chair of anatomy and physiology
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Edmund O'Meara (source article)
Notable Specialists: Edmund O'Meara, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Edmund O'Meara, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was an Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen
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Robert Franz Schmidt (source article)
Notable Specialists: Robert Franz Schmidt, Lead and Biography, specialty
Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert Franz Schmidt, Lead and Biography, specialty
was a German physiologist and professor emeritus.
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August Wilhelm Henschel (source article)
Notable Specialists: August Wilhelm Henschel, Lead and Biography, specialty
Quote, Notable Specialists: August Wilhelm Henschel, Lead and Biography, specialty
and in 1832 professor of anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
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Göran Liljestrand (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Göran Liljestrand, Lead, first paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Göran Liljestrand, Lead, first paragraph
He held the professorship in pharmacology and physiology at the Karolinska Institute from 1927 to 1951.
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Ewald Weibel (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ewald Weibel, Article lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ewald Weibel, Article lead [in-group]
was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist and former director of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern
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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
In 1804 he became a teacher of physiology and natural history at the medical-surgical institute
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Archibald Hill (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Archibald Hill, Lead, specialty physiology
Quote, Notable Specialists: Archibald Hill, Lead, specialty physiology
was a British physiologist
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Corneille Heymans (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Corneille Heymans, Lead, specialty physiology
Quote, Notable Specialists: Corneille Heymans, Lead, specialty physiology
was a Belgian physiologist
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Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Wundt, Lead, field: physiology
Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Wundt, Lead, field: physiology
was a German physiologist, philosopher, professor
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Michael Servetus (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Michael Servetus, Lead, pulmonary circulation
Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael Servetus, Lead, pulmonary circulation
He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi Restitutio (1553).
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Santorio Santorio (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Santorio Santorio, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Santorio Santorio, Lead
who introduced the quantitative approach into the life sciences and is considered the father of experimental physiology
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Jean Fernel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jean Fernel, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Jean Fernel, Lead
was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function
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Jan Baptist van Helmont (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jan Baptist van Helmont, Lead
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was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels
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Andrea Cesalpino (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andrea Cesalpino, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Andrea Cesalpino, Lead
In medicine, he envisioned a "chemical circulation" consisting of repeated evaporation and condensation of blood
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François Magendie (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: François Magendie, Lead, specialty
Quote, Notable Specialists: François Magendie, Lead, specialty
was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology
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Regnier de Graaf (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Regnier de Graaf, Lead, physiology
Quote, Notable Specialists: Regnier de Graaf, Lead, physiology
was a Dutch physician, physiologist and anatomist
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Giorgio Baglivi (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Giorgio Baglivi, Lead and Biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Giorgio Baglivi, Lead and Biography
He was "a distinguished physiological researcher fascinated by the nerves
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Andrew Duncan (physician, born 1744) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andrew Duncan (physician, born 1744), Life, chair of the institutes of medicine
Quote, Notable Specialists: Andrew Duncan (physician, born 1744), Life, chair of the institutes of medicine
followed the latter in the chair of the theory or institutes of medicine (physiology)
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Ivan Pavlov (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ivan Pavlov, Lead
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experimental neurologist and physiologist
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Ann Preston (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ann Preston, Career
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became a professor of physiology and hygiene in 1853
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