Francis Glisson definition of Francis Glisson in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Glisson, Francis

Born 1597, in Rampisham, Dorsetshire; died Oct. 16, 1677, in London. English physician, anatomist, and physiologist.

Glisson became a professor at Cambridge University in 1636. He was the first to describe rickets (1650) and to study the structure of the liver (1654). The membrane covering the liver is named after him (Glisson’s capsule). He introduced the concept of irritability; he believed that all parts of the body are constructed of fibers capable of perceiving external stimuli and responding to them with various characteristic movements (contraction, secretion, and so on). Glisson rejected the theory of the French scientist R. Descartes of nerve “fluids,” which prevailed at that time, experimentally proving its untenability by measuring the volume of a muscle before and after contraction (by means of immersing it in a vessel of water). Glisson believed that matter is not inert but capable of independent movement and sensitivity.

WORKS

Tractatus de natura substantiae energetica seu de vita naturae, ejusque tribus facultatibus naturalibus. London, 1672.
Tractatus de ventrículo et intestinis. London, 1677.

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			Francesco Tamagno Franceville Franche-Comte Franche-Comté Franchet d'Esperey, Louis Félix Marie François Franchet DEsperey, Louis Felix Marie Francois Franchet DEsperey, Louis Félix Marie François franchise Francia Francia, Francesco Francia, José Gaspar Rodríguez Francia, Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Franciabigio Francis Francis Bacon Francis Beaumont Francis Borgia, Saint Francis Brett Harte Francis Castelnau Francis de Sales, Saint Francis Drake Francis Ferdinand Francis formula Francis Galton Francis Glisson Francis Harry Compton Crick Francis Herbert Bradley Francis Hutcheson Francis I Francis II Francis Jammes Francis John Welsh Whipple Francis Joseph Francis Joseph I Francis Jourdain Francis Leopold McClintock Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Sales Francis of Sales, Saint Francis Otto Matthiessen Francis Parker Shepard Francis Perrin Francis Peyton Rous Francis Place Francis Poulenc Francis Scott Fitzgerald Francis turbine			Francis C. Crick Francis Castelnau Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann Architects, Ltd. Francis Channing Barlow Francis Coppola Francis Coppola Francis Crick Francis Crick Francis de Sales Francis de Sales Francis de Sales, Saint Francis Douce Francis Douglas Memorial College Francis Drake Francis Drake Francis Drake, the Voyages of Francis Drake, the Voyages of Francis Edgar Stanley Francis Edgeworth Francis Edward Clark Francis Everett Townsend Francis Ferdinand Francis Ferdinand Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Presents Francis formula Francis Galton Francis Galton Francis Glisson Francis Granger Middle School Francis H.C. Crick Francis Harry Compton Crick Francis Harry Compton Crick Francis Henry Compton Crick Francis Herbert Bradley Francis Hodgson Burnett Francis Hopkinson Francis Hopkinson Francis Hotman Francis House of Prayer Francis Howell Central High School Francis Howell High School Francis Howell Middle School Francis Howell School District Francis Howell Union Francis Hutcheson Francis I Francis I Francis I of France Francis II Francis II Francis II Rákóczi Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis Jammes Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Francis John Welsh Whipple Francis Jones Morehen Thorp