Three papers in Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med.

Publisher Information: Berlin: Veit et Comp, 1836. [no. 1] Schwann, Theodore. Ueber das Wesen des Verdauung processes, 90-138.
[no. 2] Remak, Robert (1815-1865). Vorläufige Mittheilungen microscopischer Beobachtungen über den inner Bau der Cerebrospinalnerven und über die Entwickelung ihrer Formelemente, 145-61, pll.[4].
[no. 3] Müller, Johannes Peter (1801-1858) and Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882). Versuche über die küntsliche Verdauung des geronnenen Eiweisses, 66-89.
Whole volume, ccxxxvi, 390pp., 15 pll. (9 folding). 125 x 210mm. Library stamp on the title page. Library bookplate of Dr. John Dean, Harvard University, tipped to front end paper. Half-calf with mottled paper sides. Top board is detached, no bottom board. Some foxing and toning, otherwise a good copy. Book Id: 50191

[no. 1] William Beaumont recognized that the gastric juice contained some other active chemical substance besides hydrochloric acid. Schwann proved this to be pepsin. Garrison-Morton.com No. 991.
[no. 2] Remak identified for the first time the myelinated fiber with its central "brand of Remak" (the axon), and the unmyelinated axon or "fiber of Remak." Fuller account in his Observationes anatomicae (See also Garrison-Morton.com No. 1262). Garrison-Morton.com No. 1260.
[no. 3] Pepsin was one of the first enzymes to be discovered. In 1836, Schwann was assistant to renowned physicist Johannes Peter Müller, and found himself invetigating digestive processes. Garrison-Morton.com No. 990.

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