Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
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)