Augustus Volney Waller

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Augustus Volney Waller

Augustus Volney Waller (born December 21, 1816 in Elverton Farm near Faversham , Kent , † September 18, 1870 in Geneva ) was an English neurophysiologist.

Waller studied medicine in Paris . He worked in Bonn , among other places , before moving to Marie Jean Pierre Flourens' laboratory in 1856 . From 1858 to 1868 he was Professor of Physiology at Queen's College, Birmingham .

In 1850 he described Waller's degeneration for the first time .

Waller was elected in 1851 as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1860 awarded him the Royal Medal .

family

In 1842 he married Matilda, the only daughter of John Walls of North End from Fulham. On July 18, 1856 their son Augustus Desiré Waller , who was also a psychologist, was born. From this marriage two daughters were born.

Works

  • Microscopical examination of some of the principal tissues of the animal frame as observed in the tongue of the living frog. Philosophical Magazine 1846, 29: 271. (Abridged German translation by E. Wallach in Archives for the History of Medicine, 1929, 22: 105–113, 344–351).
  • Microscopic observations on the perforation of the capillaries by the corpuscles of the blood and on the origin of mucus and pus globules. Philosophical Magazine, November, 1846, 29: 397-405.
  • Microscopic investigations of hail. Philosophical Magazine, July and August 1846, March 1847.
  • On the compression of the carotids - its effects upon headache, epilepsy, hysteria, etc. Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, London, 1848, 1: 626-634.
  • Experiments on the section of the glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves of the frog, and observations of the alterations produced thereby in the structure of their primitive fibers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1850; 140: 423-429.
  • Nouvelle méthode pour l'étude du système nerveux, applicable à l'investigation de la distribution anatomique des cordons nerveux, et au diagnostique des maladies du système nerveux, pendant la vie et après la mort. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1851, 33: 606–611.
  • Research on the systemic nerveux. Première partie. Action de la partie cervicale du nerf grand sympathique et d'une portion de la moëlle épinière sur la dilatation de la pupille. Together with JL Budge. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1851, 33: 370–374.
  • Observations on the effets of the section des racines spinales et du nerf pneumogastrique au dessus de son ganglion inférieur chez les mammiferes. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1852, 34: 582-587.
  • New research on the regeneration of fibers nerveuses. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1852, 34: 675-679.
  • Research expérimentales sur la structure et les fonctions des ganglions. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1852, 34: 524-527.
  • Nouvelle méthode anatomique pour l'Investigation du Système nerveux. Bonn, 1852.
  • Septième mémoire sur le système nerveux. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1852, 35: 301-306.
  • Huitième mémoire sur la système nerveux. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1852, 35: 561-564.
  • Sur l'influence du grand sympathique sur la circulation. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 1853, 36: 378-382.
  • Account of experiments on the vagus and spinal accessory nerves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1856, 8: 69-72.
  • The Nutrition and Repair of Nerves. London, Read, 1861.
  • On the Results of the Method Introduced by the Author of Investigating the Nervous system. More Especially as Applied to the Elucidation of the Function of the Pneumogastric and Sympathetic Nerves. Croonian lecture. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1869-1870; 18: 339-343.
  • On the effects of compression of the vagus nerve in the cure or the relief of various nervous affections. The Practitioner, London, 1870, 4: 193-206.
  • On the compression of the vagus nerve considered as a means of producing asthenia or anesthesia in surgical operations. The Practitioner, London, 1870, 5: 321-326.

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personal data
SURNAME Waller, Augustus Volney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English neurophysiologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Elverton Farm at Faversham , Kent
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1870
Place of death Geneva