A pact with the embryo: Viktor Hamburger, holistic and mechanistic philosophy in the development of neuroembryology, 1927-1955

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-475

  Allen, Garland E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

embryonic induction; Hans Driesch; Hans Spemann; Martin Heidegger; materialism; mechanism; nerve growth factor (NGF); Rita Levi Montalcini; Stanley Cohen; vitalism

Indexed keywords

ART; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY; NEUROLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NEUROLOGY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144308807     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-004-4448-2     Document Type: Review

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