title: [Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869)].
abstract: The author reviews the life and work of the physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje. In addition to his remarkable achievements as a scientist, Purkinje played a distinctive role in the struggle to establish national and cultural independence for the Czech people.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000208:ethnology; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869).