Jan Evangelista Purkyne - Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne (17 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist.
Waymark Code: WMTP0Z
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/20/2016
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He was one of the best known scientists of his time. In 1839, he coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of a cell. His son was the painter Karel Purkyne. 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".
He is best known for his 1837 discovery of Purkinje cells, large neurons with many branching dendrites found in the cerebellum. He is also known for his discovery in 1839 of Purkinje fibres, the fibrous tissue that conducts electrical impulses from the atrioventricular node to all parts of the ventricles of the heart.
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CZ: Zde žil a zemrel Jan Ev.Purkyne – Venováno Sp.c.lékaru a Um. Besedou
EN: Here he lived and died Jan Ev.Purkyne - Dedicated Sp.c.lékaru and Um. beseda
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