REIL, Johann Christian (1759 – 1813)
1759 – 1813
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1796 CE
#1387
Exercitationum anatomicarum fasciculus primus. De structura nervorum, tribus tabulis aeneis illustratus [All published].
Description of the “island of Reil”. This was the first part of the surface of the cerebral hemispheres to be given a name since 1641 (No. 1377.3). See also Reil’s follow-up paper in Arch. Physiol. (…
1796 CE
#596
Von der Lebenskraft.
Reil advanced the doctrine of the life-force as the chemical expression of physiological function. Like Glisson and Hunter, he recognized irritability as a specific property of tissue. He founded the Archiv für d…
1803 CE
#4923
Rhapsodieen über die Anwendung der psychischen Curmethode auf Geisteszerrüttungen.
The versatile Reil, physician and physiologist, was an early advocate of humane treatment for the insane. He was instrumental in the establishment of the first journal devoted to mental disease – the Magazin f&u…