Francis Glisson

Francis Glisson (* 1596 in Rampisham, Dorset; ? † October 14, 1677 in London ) was an English anatomist and physiologist.

Life

Francis Glisson graduated from the University of Cambridge Medicine, where he worked from 1636 as a professor ( Regius Professor of Physic ). As a member of the College of Physicians in 1634 he came to London, was appointed by the same professor of anatomy. With over 80 years died Francis Glisson in 1677 as president of the College in London.

Work

Glisson taught in his Tractatus de natura substantiae energetica the irritability of the bustling fiber and is therefore to be regarded as the originator of modern physiology. Later John Brown (1735-1788) have ( Brownianism ) and Friedrich Hoffmann ( 1660-1742 ) built upon it. In his Anatomia hepatis Glisson has described for the first time later named after him Glissonsche Triassic.

He described the rickets and the Glisson's sling is named after him, which he introduced in 1650 and attached as a padded strap to chin and back of head, the cervical spine is stretched and relieved (eg dislocations ).

Glisson 1677 developed the first coherent three-dimensional color, the precursor of all color systems of modern times.

Writings

• Tractatus de natura substantiae energetica. London 1672.
• Anatomia hepatis. The Hague 1681st
• Complete Works. Suffering 1691st