Franz Ludwig Fick
Encyclopedia
Franz Ludwick Fick was a professor of anatomy at the University of Marburg.
. He investigated the function and performance of the taste buds and described the anatomy of elephant
's ears.
Career
Fick studied the developmental mechanics of bone growth, especially of the skull. He invented the cerebral phantom - an openable paper model showing the various parts of the brain that became the prototype of openable figures in medical texts. Fick wrote texts on human anatomy and pathology. He studied the mechanism of vision and the function of the retinaRetina
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical...
. He investigated the function and performance of the taste buds and described the anatomy of elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
's ears.
Books by Fick
- http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&id=JmUJAj5LSY4C&dq=%22Franz+Ludwig+Fick%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=_AAxUzazWa&sig=9mnElDr6NZKI4nEkZkVswOIZ1PM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPP5,M1 Franz Ludwig Fick, Tractatus de illegitimo vasorum cursu hominibus innato cum tabulis duabus, typis Elwerti academicis, 1854.