Walter Rudolf Hess quotes

Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who made pioneering contributions to the understanding of brain function, particularly in the field of neurophysiology. His research focused on how different regions of the brain control internal organs and behavior. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking work. Here are 7 of his quotes:

For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.

Walter Rudolf Hess

In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order.

Walter Rudolf Hess

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.

Walter Rudolf Hess

This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order.

Walter Rudolf Hess

It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking.

Walter Rudolf Hess

Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section.

Walter Rudolf Hess