Adolf Eugen Fick (born 3 September, 1829, in Kassel, Germany; died 21 August, 1901, in Blankenberge, Flanders) was a Germanphysiologist usually credited with the invention of contact lenses. He earned a 1851 doctorate at Marburg in medicine. Image File history File links Adolf_Fick. ... Image File history File links Adolf_Fick. ... This article is about the city of Kassel in Hessen, Germany. ... The beach at Blankenberge circa 1895 Blankenberge is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward. ... , Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ...
In 1855 he introduced Fick's law of diffusion, which governs the diffusion of a gas across a fluid membrane. In 1870 he was the first to devise a technique for measuring cardiac output, called the Fick Principle. In 1887 he constructed and fitted what was to be considered the first successful model of a contact lens: an afocal scleral contact shell made from heavy brown glass, which he tested first on rabbits, then on himself, and lastly on a small group of volunteers. His idea was advanced independently by several innovators in the years that followed. Ficks laws of diffusion describe diffusion and can be used to solve for the diffusion coefficient D. They were derived by Adolf Fick in the year 1855. ... diffusion (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Gas (disambiguation). ... Cardiac output is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart, in particular a ventricle in a minute. ... Cardiac output is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart in a minute. ... Schematic diagram of the human eye. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ...
Fick managed to double-publish his law of diffusion, as it applied equally to physiology and physics. His work led to the development of the Direct Fick method for measuring Cardiac Output. The Direct Fick Method is a method of measuring cardiac output. ...
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The Virtual Laboratory: Fick, Adolf Eugen. URL accessed 5 February, 2006.
Adolf, or Adolph, was a popular Christian name, especially in the German-speaking countries and in Scandinavia, but is rarely given today because of the association with Adolf Hitler.
Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adolf Fredriks kyrka, a church in Stockholm, Sweden
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