Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann
German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher. He specialized in the study of the nervous and optic system. Biography Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann was born in Leipzig, and enrolled in medicine there in 1821. Together with Gustav Theodor Fechner, who got his degree in medicine in 1822, and Rudolph Hermann Lotze , they formed a small intellectual group which dissolved only in 1837 when Volkmann received his professorship in Dorpat . In 1826 he obtained his doctorate and in 1828 he was habilitated as Privatdozent at the University of Leipzig. It was there that he became professor extraordinary of zootomy in 1834. In 1837 he went to Dorpat as professor of physiology, pathology and semiotics. However, his residence in Dorpat was short: he left for Halle as early as 1843. After moving to Halle, Volkmann helped Gustav Theodor Fechner, his brother-in-law , with many experiments that formed the foundation of the epochal Elemente der Psychophysik. . In 1854 Volkmann additionally took on the teaching of anatomy, until 1872, when physiology was branched off and given to Julius Bernstein.
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