1. Napoleon Nikodem Cybulski was a Polish physiologist and a pioneer of endocrinology and electroencephalography.
19 Facts About Napoleon Cybulski
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Napoleon Cybulski is known for conducting one of the first EEG recordings of the cerebral cortex.
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Napoleon Cybulski was born on 14 September 1854 in Krzywonosy, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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Napoleon Cybulski's father was Jozef Napoleon Cybulski, of the Prawdzic coat of arms, and his mother was Marcjanna Cybulska, nee Hutorowicz.
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Napoleon Cybulski carried out research on the influence of the phrenic nerve on the respiration rate and on the larynx and the vagus nerves.
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Napoleon Cybulski was the founder of the Krakow School of Physiology and from 31 October 1891 was an active member of the Academy of Learning.
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Napoleon Cybulski married Julia Rogozinska and opened a dental surgery office in order to satisfy the financial needs of his large family.
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Napoleon Cybulski was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine three times between 1911 and 1918.
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Napoleon Cybulski died 26 April 1919 of stroke in his study in the Department of Physiology at the Jagiellonian University.
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Napoleon Cybulski was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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Napoleon Cybulski is widely regarded as a pioneer of electroencephalography and endocrinology in Poland and the world.
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Napoleon Cybulski called the substance nadnerczyna.
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In 1890 Napoleon Cybulski carried out one of the first-ever EEG recordings of the cerebral cortex.
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Again working with Beck, Napoleon Cybulski showed that every taste sensation in the tongue was caused by a separate kind of receptor.
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Napoleon Cybulski gave a description of the difference between afferent and efferent impulses entering and leaving the spinal cord based on recordings from dorsal and ventral roots.
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Napoleon Cybulski was one of the first physiologists to register and describe the blood flow linear velocity of the carotid artery and the femoral artery.
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Napoleon Cybulski was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1911,1914 and 1918.
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Napoleon Cybulski was a staunch advocate of allowing women to study medicine.
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In 1896, Napoleon Cybulski, a pioneering Polish bacteriologist, Odo Bujwid, and social activist Kazimiera Bujwidowa, established the first girls' gimnazjum in Krakow.