A History of Science — Volume 5Williams, Henry Smith
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A History of Science — Volume 5
Williams, Henry Smith
Science -- History
The "dream city" of Jena, p. 145--The old market-place, p. 147--The
old lecture-halls of the university, p. 148--Ernst Haeckel, p. 151--His
discoveries of numerous species of radiolarians, p. 153--The part played
in evolution by radiolarians, p. 156--Haeckel's work on morphology,
and its aid to Darwinian philosophy, p. 156--Freedom of thought and
expression in the University of Jena, p. 157--Haeckel's laboratory, p.
160--His method of working, p. 161--His methods of teaching, p. 164--The
import of the study of zoology, p. 166--Its bearing upon evolution, p.
168--The present status of Haeckel's genealogical tree regarding the
ancestry of man, p. 171--Dubois's discovery of the skull of the ape-man
of Java, p. 173--Its close resemblance to the skull of the ape, p.
173--Man's line of descent clearly traced by Haeckel, p. 175--The
"missing link" no longer missing, p. 176.
CHAPTER VII--SOME MEDICAL LABORATORIES AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS
The Boulevard Pasteur, p. 179--The Pasteur Institute, p. 180--The tomb
of Pasteur within the walls, p. 181--Aims and objects of the Pasteur
Institute, p. 182--Antirabic treatment given, p. 183--Methods of
teaching in the institute, p. 185--The director of the institute and his
associates, p. 185--The Virchow Institute of Pathology, p. 186--Studies
of the causes of diseases, p. 187--Organic action and studies of
cellular activities, p. 188--The discoveries of Rudolph Virchow, p.
188--His work in pathology, p. 189--Character of the man, his ways of
living and working, p. 189--His methods of lecturing and teaching, p.
191--The Berlin Institute of Hygiene, p. 193--Work of Professor Koch
as carried on in the institute, p. 194--Work of his successors in the
institute, p. 195--Investigations in hygiene, p. 196--Investigations
of the functions of the human body in their relations to everyday
environment, p. 197--The Museum of Hygiene, p. 198--Studies in methods
of constructing sewerage systems in large cities, p. 199--Studies in
problems of ventilation, p. 200.
CHAPTER VIII--SOME UNSOLVED SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS
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