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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861 – 1930)

NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861 – 1930)

1861 – 1930

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Henry Van der Weyde · Fridtjof_Nansen_LOC_03377u.jpg · Public domain

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1886 CE

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The structure and combination of the histological elements of the central nervous system.

NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861 – 1930)
NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861 – 1930)

Nansen, better known for his Arctic explorations, was the first to point out that the posterior root fibers divide on entering the spinal cord into ascending and descending branches. Digital facsimile from the Hathi T…