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Frans Cornelis Donders
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Donders, engraving by H. Dilcher after a drawing by F. Kriehuber, c. 1860
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Frans Cornelis Donders: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. May 23, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 20, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 28, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Frans Cornelis Donders—Dutch Physiologist and Ophthalmologist. Dec 22, 2021
Add new Web site: Radboud University - Donders Institute - Biography of F. C. Donders. May 29, 2015
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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