Clarence Luther Herrick on the Organization of the Motor Cortex
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INTRODUCTION In 1889-90 the young energetic chairman of the Biology Department at the University of Cincinnati was facing a dilemma. He was already recognized nationally for his research in geology (about 24 papers in this area since 1877) and had, in 1885, established a scientific journal that was rapidly gaining an international reputation. However, his new line of scientific endeavor, that being studies on the nervous system of lower vertebrates, was creating a large amount of data for which there was no appropriate avenue for publication. To address this problem Clarence Luther Herrick, solely on his own initiative, founded The Journal of Comparative Neurology (JCN) in 1891 (2). Although this journal continues to be one of the most important neuroscience publications in the world, the name of Clarence Luther Herrick and most, if not all, of his rather significant scientific contributions and accomplishments are unknown to many of the present generation of neuroscientists. Yet, by establishing JCN, C, L. Herrick created a focal point for studies on the comparative morphology of the nervous system and, by this single act, established (or at the very least Figure 1. Clarence Luther Herrick, ca. 1893 Courtesy, Denison University Archives.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006