Quote of the day
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.
Robley Dunglison
Born: January 4, 1798
Died: April 1, 1869 (aged 71)
Bio: Robley Dunglison was an English physician who moved to America to join the first faculty of the University of Virginia. He was personal physician to Thomas Jefferson and considered the "Father of American Physiology".
Known for:
- A dictionary of medical science (1842)
- Human Physiology (1832)