Jacob Moleschott
Jacob Moleschott (9 August 1822, 's-Hertogenbosch - 20 May 1893, Rome) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on dietetics. He is known for his philosophical views in regards to "scientific materialism".[1]
Moleschott studied at Heidelberg and began the practice of medicine at Utrecht in 1845, but soon moved to Heidelberg where he lectured on physiology at the university, beginning in 1847. Controversial statements made by him in his lectures led to his resignation after seven years at Heidelberg. Afterwards, he was professor of physiology in Zurich (1856), in Turin (1861), and in Rome (1879).
Professor Moleschott was a popular lecturer, and his physiological researches are of value. Without asserting the impossibility of a spiritual life, he explained the origin and condition of animals by the working of physical causes. His characteristic formula were "No thought without phosphorus" and "the brain secretes thought as the liver secretes bile."
Writings
Kleine Schriften (1880–87) contains his collected essays and addresses. His most important works are:
- Physiologie der Nahrungsmittel (1850; second edition, 1859)
- Physiologie des Stoffwechsels in Pflanzen und Thieren (1851)
- Der Kreislauf des Lebens (1852; fifth edition, 1887)
- Untersuchungen zur Naturlehre des Menschen und der tiere (1856–93), continued after his death by Colosanti and Fubini
- Lehre der Nahrungsmittel (1858)
- Sulla vita umana (1861–67), a collection of essays
- Physiologisches Skizzenbuch (1861)
- Consigli e conforti nei tempi di colera (1864; third edition, 1884)
- Sull' influenza della luce mista e cromatica nell' esalazione di acido carbonico per l'organismo animale (1879), with Fubini
- Für meine Freunde (1894)
Sources
- Fredrick Gregory: Scientific Materialism in Nineteenth Century Germany, Springer, Berlin u.a. 1977, ISBN 90-277-0760-X
- ↑ Jacob Moleschott and the conception of science in the 19th century Scientific materialism as “totalizing” worldview by L Meneghello
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- Short biography and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
- The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 49 Sketch of Jacob Moleschott
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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