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Drenthe, Eugène Constantijn Donders (December 12, 1925 – March 30, 2009)
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Later he worked in close association with the great physiologist F.C. Donders, under whose guidance he undertook his second study, which was published in 1885 as his doctor's thesis:
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The physiological action of atropine, especially in relation to the eye, has been most carefully studied by several celebrated ophthalmologists, such as Graef, Donders, Bezold, and Bloebaum.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various
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A Dutch oculist, Donders, has got up a table in which, opposite the amplitudes, the corresponding ages are found.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Various
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Donders at once asked to be of their number and was received in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Besides the above-mentioned Donders we must call attention to Alexander
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The attempt was first made by Professor Donders in 1861, but definitive results were only obtained after many years of experiment on the part of a host of observers.
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Munro's statement,25 that with parrots the iris is affected by the passions, independently of the amount of light, seems to bear on this question; but Professor Donders informs me, that he has often seen movements in the pupils of these birds which he thinks may be related to their power of accommodation to distance, in nearly the same manner as our own pupils contract when our eyes converge for near vision.
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With respect to the protection of the eye during violent expiratory efforts by the pressure of the eyelids, Professor Donders concludes from his various observations that this action certainly limits or entirely removes the dilatation of the vessels. 16 At such times, he adds, we not unfrequently see the hand involuntarily laid upon the eyelids, as if the better to support and defend the eyeball.
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The evidence in detail may be found in Professor Donders 'valuable memoir.
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