Charles University - 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, CZ - Universities and Colleges on Waymarking.com

Institute of Pharmacology you can find in a building named after Jan Evangelista Purkyne (17 December 1787 - 28 July 1869) - a Czech anatomist and physiologist.

He created the world's first Department of Physiology at the University of Breslau in Prussia in 1839 and the world's first official physiology laboratory in 1842.
He is best known for his 1837 discovery of Purkinje cells, large neurons with many branching dendrites found in the cerebellum.

He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Such was his fame that when people from outside Europe wrote letters to him, all that they needed to put as the address was "Purkyne, Europe".

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Name: 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Prague Location/Address: Albertov 4 Prague, Czech Republic Web Site: [Web Link] Type of School: Graduate School (part of larger university) School Affiliation: Public -- State/Provincial/etc. Location of GPS Coordinates: main gate Phone Number: Not listed Date Founded: Not listed Enrollment: Not listed Nicknames/Mascots: Not listed School Colors: Not listed School Motto: Not listed

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