Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
PAVLOV, IVAN PETROVICH evan petro vich pav l f, 1849 1936, Russian physiologist and experimental psychologist. He was professor...academy and director of the physiology department at the Institute for Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, from 1890. Pavlov was a skillful ambidextrous surgeon; using dogs as experimental animals, he established fistulas from various parts of the...