biography
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Waller, Augustus (Volney)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1816–70)
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| biography:
| Physiologist, born near Faversham, Kent, SE England, UK. He discovered the Wallerian degeneration of nerve fibres (if a nerve is cut, the distal segment degenerates), and the related method of tracing nerve fibres. |
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