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Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista (1787–1869)


Johannes Purkinje
Bohemian-born Czech physiologist and pioneer of histology, best known for his observations of nerve cells (see neuron) and discovery of the Purkinje effect, that at different overall light intensities the eye is more sensitive to different colors.


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