The history of muscle physiology
Subtitle: from the natural philosophers to Albrecht von Haller; a study of the history of medicine, with a summary in Danish.
By: [Translated from the Danish by W. E. Calvert]
Series: Acta historica scientiarum naturalium et medicinalium,; v. 7
Publisher: Munksgaard
Published: 1950
Place of publication: København
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Medicine -- History.; Muscles.
Description: A pragmatic account of the history of muscle physiology, from the days of the Greek philosophers up to the time when experimental physiology began in earnest with the fundamental researches of Albrecht von Haller into muscular irritability. The focus is more attached to the theories evolved at various times by scientists as to the genesis of muscular contractions and less to the problems of the muscles as heat regulating organs and the static problems connected with muscle work.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [248]-253.
Thesis--Københavns universitet.
Includes index.