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“The relative importance of the white and gray matter is often misunderstood. Were it not for the manifold connection of the nerve cells in the cortex by the tens of millions of fibres which make up the under-estimated white matter, such a brain would be useless as a telephone or telegraph station with all the interconnecting wires destroyed.”

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Edward Anthony Spitzka
Edward Anthony Spitzka

Edward Anthony Spitzka, a figure born in June 1876 and died on September 4, 1922, whose profession and category are unknown. His life story and contributions are limited by available information. more

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