Ivan Tarkhanov (physiologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ivan Tarkhanov (physiologist)

Georgian physiologist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1846

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia

Date of Death: 24-Aug-1908

Profession: physiologist, neuroscientist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ivan Tarkhanov (physiologist)

  • Ivan Romanovich Tarkhanov (Russian: ???? ????????? ????????) or Ivane Tarkhnishvili (Georgian: ????? ???????–?? ???????????, ??????-???????; June 1846 – September 1908) was a Georgian physiologist and science populariser from the Tarkhan-Mouravi noble family.
  • He led the Department of Physiology at the Academy of Military Medicine from 1877 to 1895 and authored a slew of articles on physiology for the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
  • Among his numerous contributions was the discovery of the skin galvanic reflex (1889).
  • However, Tarkhnishvili's most significant contribution was the discovery of the influence of X-rays on the central nervous system, animal behavior, the heart and circulation, and embryonic development (1896-1903).
  • Indeed, these works have given rise to a new field in science as Radiobiology.

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