Jirí Procháska (1749-1820)

Owecki, M.K. (Michal Krzysztof); Leon-Sanz, P. (Pilar)

Authors:

Owecki, M.K. (Michal Krzysztof)

Leon-Sanz, P. (Pilar)

Keywords:

Jiří Procháska
Biographies
Physiology
Anatomy
Ophthalmology
Neurology
Reflex theory

Issue Date:

2019

Publisher Version:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=31098803&otool=iesunavplib

ISSN:

0340-5354

Note:

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Citation:

Owecki, M.K., León-Sanz, P. Jiří Procháska (1749–1820). J Neurol 267, 873–875 (2020).

Abstract

Jiří Procháska was an ophthalmologist, physiologist, and anatomist but it is impossible to consider him a neurologist. Paradoxically, however, his contribution to the development of the emerging feld of neurology is undeniable. His theory of the refex, with its aferent and eferent branches and a decision-making center in between, became one of the foundations of clinical, experimental, and theoretical neurology in the century to follow.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/58858

DOI:

10.1007/s00415-019-09371-4

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