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WILLY See also:KUHNE (1837-1900)
, See also:German physiologist, was See also:born at See also:Hamburg on the 28th of See also: His See also:original See also:work falls into two See also:main See also:groups ,the physiology of muscle and See also:nerve, which occupied the earlier years of his See also:life, and the chemistry of digestion, which he began to investigate while at Berlin with Virchow . He was also known for his researches on See also:vision and the chemical changes occurring in the retina under the See also:influence of See also:light . The visual See also:purple, described by See also:Franz See also:Boll in 1876, he attempted to make the basis of a photochemical theory of vision, but though he was able to establish its importance in connexion with vision in light of See also:low intensity, its See also:absence from the retinal See also:area of most distinct vision detracted from the completeness of the theory and precluded its See also:general See also:acceptance . |
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