Georg Prochaska
Czech scientist
Died when: 71 years 98 days (855 months)Star Sign: Aries
Georg Prochaska (sometimes also Juri, Jiří or Georgius Prochaska;Czech: Jiří Procháska) (10 April 1749 in Blížkovice – 17 July 1820 in Vienna) was a leading Czech-Austrian anatomist, ophthalmologist, physiologist, writer and university professor.
He wrote the first genuine textbook on physiology and created the concept of nerve conduction among other theories.He was a staunch promoter of the modern reflex theory.
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