Gabriel Gustav Valentin

Bio

* 1810, Wroclaw, Poland

† 1883, Berne, Switzerland

Career

1828 studies of medicine at the University of Breslau under Nees von Esenbeck and Purkyne; 1832 medical degree with a dissertation entitled Historiae evolutionis systematis muscularis prolulsio; 1833 state medical examination at Berlin; 1835 Grand Prix des Sciences Physiques by the French Academy of Sciences for his histology manuscript; travel to Berlin to meet Johannes Müller; medical practice; 1836 professorship of physiology and zootomy at the University of Berne; 1836 foundation of the Repertorium für Anatomie und Physiologie; 1837 stay at Paris where he met Pierre Flourens, François Magendie and Gilbert Breschet; 1839 travel to Nice where he met Rudolph Wagner; dean of the medical faculty at Berne; 1853-1863 director of the Berne Anatomical Institute; 1863 division of the chairs of anatomy and physiology which he had imposed, Valentin professor of physiology, Christoph Theodor Aeby professor of anatomy; memberships and honorary memberships of several scientific societies; honorary doctorate from the philosophy faculty of Berne.

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