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GOLTZ, Friedrich Leopold (1834 – 1902)

GOLTZ, Friedrich Leopold (1834 – 1902)

1834 – 1902

6 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1862 CE

#814

Ueber Reflexionen von und zum Herzen (Klopfversuch).

Rapidly-repeated blows on the belly of a frog caused cessation of the heart-beat, which Goltz concluded was brought about by reflex inhibition through the vagus, an important contribution to the knowledge of the mecha…

1869 CE

#1364

Beiträge zur Lehre von den Functionen der Nervencentren des Frosches.

Goltz made important observations on the decerebrate frog. He showed it to possess no volitional powers except after stimulation, no memory and no intelligence. His experiments on frogs deprived of their spinal cords …

1870 CE

#1564

Ueber die physiologische Bedeutung der Bogengänge des Ohrlabyrinths.

Goltz demonstrated the relation of vertigo and vestibular disturbance, showing that the former is a result of disease or irritation of the semicircular canals.

1874 CE

#1365

Ueber die Functionen des Lendenmarks des Hundes.

1892 CE

#1370

Der Hund ohne Grosshirn.

Goltz was able to keep dogs alive for eight months after he had performed subtotal decerebration. He found them incapable of purposive movements but able to walk with adequate co-ordination. Frontal decortication caus…

1896 CE

#1371

Der Hund mit verkürtzen Rückenmark.

Goltz and Ewald succeeded in impregnating a bitch after its spinal cord had been severed.