what is his contribution in the cell? Purkinje fibres, the fibrous tissue that conducts electrical impulse from the atrioventricular node to all parts of the ventricles of the heart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_evangel.
Virchow founded the medical disciplines of cellular pathology, comparative pathology (comparison of diseases adjectives to humans and animals) and anthropology.
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista Britannica Concise
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
born Dec. 17, 1787, Libochovice, Bohemia
died July 28, 1869, Prague, Czech.
Czech experimental physiologist.
He discovered the Purkinje effect (as light decrease, red objects appear to fade faster than blue ones), Purkinje cells (large branching neurons surrounded by the cerebellum), and Purkinje fibres (which conduct impulse from the natural pacemaker throughout the heart
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