Talk:Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz

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Rsabbatini,

I was actually quite surprised to learn that H.W.G. von Waldeyer-Harz actually was the first to coin the term neuron and propose the neuron doctrine. Is this true? I thought that Cajal in his writings also postulated that the nervous system was composed of individual cell rather than a reticulum, and that the idea was essentially his. I also thought Cajal used the term neuron extensively in his writings. It seems from most of what I have looked up, it keeps on refering to Cajal as the person behind the neuron doctrine. Nrets 19:40, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  • I just checked out his biography at the Nobel website [1], and yes it says that Waldeyer did first write down the neuron doctrine in 1891, after Cajal gave a series of seminars in Germany purporting his ideas about the nervous system. Cajal's main work was not published until 1894. Nrets 19:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
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