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Frontispiece Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869)
after a frontispiece illustration in Purkinje's Opera Omnia volume
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Portrait of Purkinje as a young man (after
an illustration in Psotnickova, 1955). |
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Purkinje images. The reflections of a candle
flame from the structures of the eye, from Purkinje (1823b). |
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Candlelight reflection from anterior and posterior
cornea and from the anterior and posterior portion of the lens. |
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Candlelight reflection from the anterior surface
of the cornea and the posterior surface of the lens where the image
is reversed. |
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Candlelight reflection from the anterior surface
of the cornea and from the anterior surface of the lens where the
reflection is erect. |
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Semicircular umbrula [weak shadow] which projects
from the iris to the anterior surface of the lens. |
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A light from the substantia albuginea to the
center of the anterior chamber" (John, 1959, p. 61). |
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Purkinje cells. Purkinje's (1837a) diagram
of cells in the cerebellum. |
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Portrait of Purkinje after an illustration
in Psotnickova (1955). |
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Portrait of Purkinje after a frontispiece illustration
in Opera omnia volume 3 |
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Notice announcing the defense of Purkinje's
doctoral dissertation and the title page of the unpublished dissertation
(from Psotnickova, 1955). 2n |
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Title page of Opera omnia volume 2. |
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Portrait of Purkinje after an illustration
kindly supplied by J. Hoskovec. |
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Portrait of Purkinje in 1850 after an illustration
in Purkinje's Opera omnia volume 6. |
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The plate of figures appended to Purkinje
(1819/1823). |
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Phorolyt pictures to show the action of the
heart and rotations of the head. |
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Concentric circles and ray figures as illustrated
in Purkinje (1825). |
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Portrait of Purkinje after a frontispiece illustration
in Psotnickova (1955). |
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Title pages of the first and second editions
of Purkinje's small volume on subjective visual phenomena. |
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Light and shadow figures. (Figures 1-4) |
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Pressure figures. (Figures 5-14) |
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Galvanic light phenomena. (Figures 15-16) |
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Nebulous stripes. (Figures 17-l9) |
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The blind spot in binocular vision.
(Figure 20) |
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The luminous circles around the optic disc.
(Figures 21-22) |
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The Purkinje tree. The pattern of the retinal blood
vessels.
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Visibility of blood circulation in the eye.
(Figure 25) |
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Curvilinear radiations.
(Figure 26) |
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Pulsating figure.
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Flying gnats.
(Figure 28) |
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Firey rings.
(Figure 29) |
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Portrait of Purkinje in 1862 after an illustration
in Hykes (1936). |
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Nine patterns of fingerprints, from Purkinje (1823b). |
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Title page of Purkinje (1825). |
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A diagram from La Hire ( 1694) which could represent
the large vessels of the Purkinje tree. |
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A pattern of radiating lines in which apparent motion
of scintillating dots can be seen, particularly in the white annuli. |
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Purkinje in repose in 1869, after a photograph in
Vavrousek et al (1937). |
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