Friedrich Leopold Goltz
1834–1902
German physiologist. Anatomical prosector at Königsberg University and self-taught physiologist. Professor of physiology, Halle, 1870; Straßburg (Strasbourg), 1872. Worked on reflex processes and the localisation of cerebral function in dogs; kept dogs without cerebrums alive for up to three years.
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DSB
NDB
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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