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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.
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.
The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in 1950.
Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make
long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published
unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press
editions.With great areas of the world battling the persistent and
basic problem of hunger, this work constitutes a major contribution
to needed scientific knowledge. The publication is a definitive
treatise on the morphology, biochemistry, physcology, psychology,
and medical aspects of calorie undernutrition, cachexia,
starvation, and rehabilitation in man. Presented critically and
systematically are the fact and theory from the world literature,
including the evidence from World War II and the finding of the
Minnesota Starvation Experiment (1944*1946). Pertinent experiments
and field and clinical observations to 1949 are covered. The
extensive original research involved was conducted at the
University of Minnesota Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, which
Dr. Keys heads. The authors, all of the laboratory staff, were
assisted in preparation of the work by Ernst Simonson, Samuel Wells
and Angie Sturgeon Skinner.
The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in 1950.
Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make
long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published
unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
With great areas of the world battling the persistent and basic
problem of hunger, this work constitutes a major contribution to
needed scientific knowledge. The publication is a definitive
treatise on the morphology, biochemistry, physcology, psychology,
and medical aspects of calorie undernutrition, cachexia,
starvation, and rehabilitation in man. Presented critically
and systematically are the fact and theory from the world
literature, including the evidence from World War II and the
finding of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment (1944*1946).
Pertinent experiments and field and clinical observations to 1949
are covered. The extensive original research involved was
conducted at the University of Minnesota Laboratory of
Physiological Hygiene, which Dr. Keys heads. The authors, all of
the laboratory staff, were assisted in preparation of the work by
Ernst Simonson, Samuel Wells and Angie Sturgeon Skinner.
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