Gabriel Valentin
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Gabriel Gustav Valentin also Gabriel Valentin, was a German
physiologist and professor
of physiology
at the University of Bern for 45 years.
Gabriel Gustav Valentin was born at Breslau in July 1810. He was educated at the University of Breslau (with M.D. 1832), and he established himself later as a physician in the town. In 1835, Valentin received the Grand Prix of the Institut de France
for his book "Histiogenia Comparata" which is a competent treatise on the evolution of animals and plants. In 1836, Valetin was elected as professor of physiology
at the University of Bern, which chair he held 45 years, until he resigned in 1881.
Valentin was the author of many important works on various subjects: on the blood
and its circulation, on digestion
, on the electricity
of muscles and nerves, on the physiology
of the senses, on toxicology
, etc.
From 1836 to 1843, Valentin published the "Repertorium für Anatomie und Physiologie" and collaborated with others on many professional journals.
The numerous works of Gabriel Gustav Valentin include:
Gabriel Gustav Valentin died at Bern, Switzerland, on May 24, 1883, at the age of seventy-two.
Germans
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physiologist and professor
Professor
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of physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
at the University of Bern for 45 years.
Gabriel Gustav Valentin was born at Breslau in July 1810. He was educated at the University of Breslau (with M.D. 1832), and he established himself later as a physician in the town. In 1835, Valentin received the Grand Prix of the Institut de France
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
for his book "Histiogenia Comparata" which is a competent treatise on the evolution of animals and plants. In 1836, Valetin was elected as professor of physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
at the University of Bern, which chair he held 45 years, until he resigned in 1881.
Valentin was the author of many important works on various subjects: on the blood
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
and its circulation, on digestion
Digestion
Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream, for instance. Digestion is a form of catabolism: a breakdown of large food molecules to smaller ones....
, on the electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
of muscles and nerves, on the physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
of the senses, on toxicology
Toxicology
Toxicology is a branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms...
, etc.
From 1836 to 1843, Valentin published the "Repertorium für Anatomie und Physiologie" and collaborated with others on many professional journals.
The numerous works of Gabriel Gustav Valentin include:
- "Handbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen, mit Vergleichender Rücksicht der Entwicklung der Säugethiere und Vögel" Berlin and Paris, 1835 (see above);
- "Ueber den Verlauf und die Letzten Enden der Nerven," Bonn, 1836;
- "Ueber Mechanik des Blutumlaufs," Leipzig, 1836;
- "De Functionibus Nervorum Cerebralium et Nervi Sympathici," Bern, 1839;
- "Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen," Brunswick, 1844, 2d ed. 1847-1850;
- "Grundriss der Physiologie des Menschen," ib. 1846, 4th ed. 1854;
- "Der Einfluss der Vaguslähmung auf die Lungen und Hautausdünstung," Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1857;
- "Die Untersuchung der Pflanzen- und Thiergewebe im Polarisierten Licht," Leipzig, 1861;
- "Beiträge zur Anatomie und Physiologie des Nerven- und Muskel-systems," ib. 1863;
- "Der Gebrauch des Spektroskops," ib. 1863;
- "Versuch einer Physiologischen Pathologie der Nerven," ib. 1864; and,
- "Versuch einer Physiologischen Pathologie des Bluts und der Uebrigen Körpersäfte," ib. 1866-1867.
Gabriel Gustav Valentin died at Bern, Switzerland, on May 24, 1883, at the age of seventy-two.