# Irritability

Author: Verworn, Max, 1863-1921

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66767

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Irritability+Verworn&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_Contents_: Introductory. Earliest period. _Francis Glisson_ as founder of the doctrine of irritability. _Albrecht von Haller._ The vitalists. _Bordeu_ and _Barthez_. _John Brown’s_ system. _Johannes Müller_ and the specific energy of living substance. _Rudolf Virchow’s_ doctrine of the irritability of the cell. Discovery of the inhibitory effects of stimulation. _Weber_, _Schiff_, _Goltz_, _Setschenow_, _Sherrington_. _Claude Bernard_ studies on narcosis. Tropisms. _Ehrenberg_, _Engelmann_, _Pfeffer_, _Strassburger_, _Stahl_. _Semon’s_ speculations on mneme.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/irritability-66767/chapters/1/index.md)