Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hesswas a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 March 1881
CountrySwitzerland
Walter Rudolf Hess quotes about
choices technique investigation
At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation
brain information significance
Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section.
brain mind doe
It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking.
conclusion drawn effects finding obviously positive relationships varied
The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.