FICK, fik, Adolf, German physiologist: b. Cassel, 3 Sept. 1829; d. Blankenberghe, 21 Aug. 1901. He studied at the universities of Berlin and Marburg, receiving from the latter the degree of M.D. in 1851. In 1852 he became a lecturer in anatomy and physiology at the University of Zurich, in 1856 extraordinary professor, and in 1862 ordinary professor of physiology at that institution. In 1868 he ac cepted a similar position at the University of Wiirzburg which he occupied with great success until his retirement in 1899. He was deeply interested in all natural sciences and a strong advocate of teaching them in elementary and high schools. He was also a professed total abstainer and an active prohibitionist. The re sults of his extensive and careful researches in many branches of science, especially con cerning the mechanics of the body and the dynamics of circulation, were published in numerous papers, a complete list of which may be found in Royal Society of London, (Cata logue of Scientific Papers II, VII, IX, XII, XIV, Cambridge 1868-1915). He also
published (Die Medizinische Physik' (Braun schweig 1857) ' - (Kompendium der Physiologic des Menschen)(Vienna 1f360) ;