# Gabriel Valentin

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**Gabriel Gustav Valentin** (July 1810 – 24 May 1883), also **Gabriel Valentin**, was a German [physiologist](/source/Physiologist) and professor of [physiology](/source/Physiology) at the [University of Bern](/source/University_of_Bern).[1]

Gabriel Gustav Valentin was born at [Breslau](/source/Breslau) in July 1810. He was [Jewish](/source/Jews),[2] the son of a Jewish goldsmith.[3] He was educated at the [University of Breslau](/source/University_of_Breslau) (with M.D. 1832), and he established himself later as a physician in the town.[1] In 1835, Valentin received the Grand Prix of the [Institut de France](/source/Institut_de_France) for his book *"Histiogenia Comparata"* which is a competent treatise on the evolution of animals and plants. In 1836, Valentin was elected as professor of [physiology](/source/Physiology) at the [University of Bern](/source/University_of_Bern), which chair he held 45 years, until he resigned in 1881.[1]

Valentin was the author of many important works on various subjects: on the blood and its circulation, on [digestion](/source/Digestion), on the electricity of muscles and nerves, on the [physiology](/source/Physiology) of the senses, on [toxicology](/source/Toxicology), etc.[1] From 1836 to 1843, Valentin published the *"Repertorium für Anatomie und Physiologie"* and collaborated with others on many professional journals.[1]

The numerous works of Gabriel Gustav Valentin include:[1]

- - *"Handbuch der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen, mit Vergleichender Rücksicht der Entwicklung der Säugethiere und Vögel"* Berlin and Paris, 1835 (see above); - *"Ueber den Verlauf und die Letzten Enden der Nerven,"* Bonn, 1836; - *"Ueber Mechanik des Blutumlaufs,"* Leipzig, 1836; - *"De Functionibus Nervorum Cerebralium et Nervi Sympathici,"* Bern, 1839;

- [*Anatomie des échinodermes*](https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=11895139) (in French). Neuchâtel. 1841.

- - *"Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen,"* Brunswick, 1844, 2d ed. 1847-1850; - *"Grundriss der Physiologie des Menschen,"* ib. 1846, 4th ed. 1854; - *"Der Einfluss der Vaguslähmung auf die Lungen und Hautausdünstung,"* Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1857; - *"Die Untersuchung der Pflanzen- und Thiergewebe im Polarisierten Licht,"* Leipzig, 1861; - *"Beiträge zur Anatomie und Physiologie des Nerven- und Muskel-systems,"* ib. 1863; - *"Der Gebrauch des Spektroskops,"* ib. 1863; - *"Versuch einer Physiologischen Pathologie der Nerven,"* ib. 1864; and, - *"Versuch einer Physiologischen Pathologie des Bluts und der Uebrigen Körpersäfte,"* ib. 1866-1867.

Gabriel Gustav Valentin died at [Bern, Switzerland](/source/Bern,_Switzerland), on May 24, 1883, at the age of seventy-two.[1]

## References

1. Haneman, Frederick T. ["VALENTIN, GABRIEL GUSTAV"](http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14629-valentin-gabriel-gustav). Vol. 12. p. 397.

1. ["Tissue of lies"](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16121795-000-tissue-of-lies/)

1. "Gabriel Gustav Valentin (1810-1883) Bern Physiologist". *JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association*. **213** (10): 1677–1678. 1970. [doi:10.1001/jama.1970.03170360075017](https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1970.03170360075017). [PMID 4916556](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4916556)

- Müller, P (1988), "[Gabriel Gustav Valentin, pioneer of Bern physiology]", *[Gesnerus](/source/Gesnerus)*. Vol. 45 Pt 2, pp. 191–9, [PMID 3060406](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3060406)
- "Gabriel Gustav Valentin (1810-1883). Bern physiologist.", *[JAMA](/source/Journal_of_the_American_Medical_Association)*. Vol. 213, no. 10, 1970, pp. 1677–8, [doi:10.1001/jama.1970.03170360075017](https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1970.03170360075017). [PMID 4916556](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4916556)
- Kruta, V (1967), "[Pupils and collaborators of J. E. Purkynĕ. I. Gabriel Gustav Valentin]", *Cas. Lek. Cesk.*. Vol. 106, no. 19, pp. 509–12, [PMID 4869118](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4869118)

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