The doctrine of neurons before the court of the newest researchers

Abstract

The modern doctrine of neurons penetrated very quickly into the scientific consciousness of neurologists because of the clarity and definiteness of the basic provisions that clarify the pathways and methods of transmitting irritation in the nervous system. Based mainly on the Golgi method, it was, however, also consistent with the facts obtained using the methods of Gooden, Fleksig, Weigert, Marka as far as they concerned the course of nerve bundles; but the Golgi method had the advantage over the previous methods that it clarified the relationship of the nerve fiber to the cell and made it possible to follow the course and development of a particular fiber. In addition, the main provisions of this study were consistent with the development of nervous cells according to the research of Giss, with experimental physiology and clinical medicine, as well as with experimental pathology.