The life of Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869) has fascinated
students from many disciplines. Histologists marvel at his early
descriptions of cells; physiologists admire his attempts to relate
structure to function; pharmacologists view in awe his heroic
experiments on self-administered drugs; forensic scientists
acknowledge his role in the use of fingerprints for identification;
and Czech patriots salute his awakening of pride in their nation.
Yet all these achievements followed his initial enquiries into
vision. It is this psychological dimension that fostered this
collaboration. As the title suggests, the present volume is
bifocal. In the narrow sense it refers to Purkinje's studies of
vision, but in its broader view it concerns Purkinje's anticipation
of neuroscience. Purkinje provided evidence to support both its
cellular and its conceptual base. At the cellular level his acute
vision is immortalized within our bodies. At the conceptual level,
he sought to relate subjective phenomena to their objective
underpinnings--to link psychology to physiology. Vision provides a
bond that unites psychology and physiology, and it is this bond
that was strengthened by Purkinje's enquiries. The authors have
tried to provide a context in which Purkinje's descriptions of
visual phenomena can be placed. In some cases this exposes clear
precursors of research for which Purkinje has been credited. In
others, there was nothing to suggest the phenomena that he exposed.
The book translates Purkinje's initial masterpiece on subjective
vision and places it in the context of emerging views of
neuroscience.
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