Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Authors: CARL V. WELLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 October 1932Antony van Leeuwenhoek1632-1723CARL V. WELLER, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.CARL V. WELLER, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-4-573 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAntony van Leeuwenhoek was born in the old Dutch city of Delft, on October 24th, 1632. For a number of years both before and after that memorable date, events of prime importance were occurring in the awakening scientific world. In that year William Harvey was fifty-four years old, and four years before that date Harvey had written in the dedication of hisExercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, addressing the President and members of the Royal College of Physicians: "I have already and repeatedly presented you my learned friends, with my new views of the motion and...Bibliography BECKING LB: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, immortal dilettant (1632-1723), Scientific Monthly, 1924, xviii, 547-554. Google Scholar BEIJERINCK MW: Verzamelde Geschriften, vol. v., (De infusies en de ontdekking der bakteriën, 119-140), Delft, 1932. Google Scholar CAMAC CN; Imhotep to Harvey, 1931, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York City. Google Scholar COLE FJ: Early theories of sexual generation, 1930, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Google Scholar DE KRUIF P: Microbe Hunters, 1926, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York City. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DE TONI GB: Nella ricorrenza del II centenario del la morte di Antonio von Leeuwenhoek: frammenti cestoniani inediti, Arch. di Storia della Scienza, 1923, iv, 233-240. Google Scholar DOBELL C: A protozoological bicentenary: Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) and Louis Joblot (1645-1723), Parasitology, 1923, xv, 308-319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar HAAXMAN PJ: Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Nederlandsch Tijdschr. v. Geneeskunde, 1871, vii, 1-86. Google Scholar HARTING P: Das Mikroskop: Theorie, Gebrauch, Geschichte, und gegenwärtiger Zustand desselben, 1859, 1866, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LEEUWENHOEK AV: Brieven. 4 vols., Leiden and Delft, various publishers. Google Scholar RICHARDSON BW: The asclepiad: a book of original research and observation, 1885, Longmans, Green, and Company, London. Google Scholar STUBBSBLIGH SGEW: Sixty centuries of health and physik, 1931, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York City. Google Scholar _____ _____: Antonj van Leeuwenhoek, 1632-1723, The New England Jr. of Med., 1932, ccvi, 195-197. Google Scholar VAN LEEUWENHOEK : The Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London, Abridged, Vols II to VI. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganPresented at the Combined Memorial Meeting of the Research Clubs of the University of Michigan, 1932. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStudying the human oral microbiome: challenges and the evolution of solutionsAntony van Leeuwenhoek: tercentenary of his discovery of bacteriaAntony van Leeuwenhoek: On the Three-hundredth Anniversary of his Birth 1 October 1932Volume 6, Issue 4Page: 573-584 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...