A Major Consequence of the Adoption of the Doctrine of Physiological

A major consequence of the adoption of the doctrine of physiological mechanism by Helmholtz and his fellow students was that they

A) were encouraged to try to solve problems that previously seemed unsolvable, such as analyzing and measuring the nervous impulse.
B) were motivated to perform the ultimate experiment, disproving vitalism completely.
C) lost support from their superiors, including Müller, and had extra challenges in pursuing their later careers.
D) were able to develop the law of specific nerve energies.