Karl Friedrich Burdach
Karl Friedrich Burdach was a German physiologist. He was born in Leipzig and died in Königsberg.Life
He was graduated in medicine at Leipzig in 1800; became professor of physiology in the University of Dorpat in 1811, and four years later took a similar position at the University of Königsberg.
He provided in 1822 the name, due to the arching shape of its longest fibres, of the arcuate fasciculus, the term amygdala, and in 1800 the name "Biology" in the modern sense of the term.
Burdach was an advocate of vitalism. He believed in a life force that "created the whole world and produced each living thing."Legacy
The column of Burdach or fasciculus cuneatus, the lateral portion of the dorsal funiculus of the spinal cord is named for him. He differentiated the caudate nucleus from the putamen and identified the globus pallidus and its inner and outer segments.Works
- Diatetik für Gesunde
- Enzyklopädie der Heilwissenschaft
- Vom Bau und Leben des Gehirns und Rückenmarks
- Neues Recepttaschenbuch für angehende Ärzte. 2., unveränd. Ausg. by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Die Physiologie als Erfahrungswissenschaft
