Voit
KARL VON (foit), a German physiologist; born in Amberg, Bavaria, Oct. 31, 1831. He was appointed Professor of Physiology in the University Oct. 31, 1831. He was appointed Proscientific researches (1854) demonstrated the presence of urea in the muscular tissues of cholera patients; afterward he studied almost exclusively the questions of digestion and assimilation.
His principal works are: "Physiologico- Chemical Researches" (Part i. 1857); "Effects of Common Salt, Coffee, and Muscular Action, on Digestion" (1860); "Laws of Nutrition in Carnivora" (1860), etc. He died Jan. 31, 1908. of Munich in 1863. His first memorable