ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried. Academicarum annotationum liber primus [-liber sextus] . Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1754-1764.
ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried. Academicarum annotationum liber primus [-liber sextus] . Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1754-1764. Parts 1-6 (of 8) in 2 volumes, 4 o (237 x 187 mm; 266 x 210 mm). 34 engraved plates. Volume one bound in contemporary half sheep and volume two bound in contemporary paper boards (worn, spines perished). FIRST EDITION, parts one through six of eight eventually published between 1764 and 1768. This work includes Albinus's anatomic-physiologic studies of the nerves, in which he attempted to discover their exact role in muscular contraction; also his efforts to find the smallest structural elements ("substantia elementaris") of the body. Albinus denied the existence of a "nerve liquid" (a concept supported by both Boerhaave and Haller) and did not believe that nerves played a primary role in muscular contraction, hinting here for the first time that the "movement principle" resided in the muscle fiber itself. He also denied that the body consisted entirely of vessels, and sought to find the body's primal substance in its membranes. These views brought Albinus into a priority dispute with Haller; however, "it does seem an established fact that Albinus performed vitality experiments with membranes before Haller did ... [and] it seems plausible that Albinus even stimulated Haller's efforts in this direction" (Punt, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus , p. 94; see also pp. 90-93). NLM/Blake, p. 9. Waller 336 (parts 1-3 only); Wellcome II, p. 26. (2)
ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried. Academicarum annotationum liber primus [-liber sextus] . Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1754-1764.
ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried. Academicarum annotationum liber primus [-liber sextus] . Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1754-1764. Parts 1-6 (of 8) in 2 volumes, 4 o (237 x 187 mm; 266 x 210 mm). 34 engraved plates. Volume one bound in contemporary half sheep and volume two bound in contemporary paper boards (worn, spines perished). FIRST EDITION, parts one through six of eight eventually published between 1764 and 1768. This work includes Albinus's anatomic-physiologic studies of the nerves, in which he attempted to discover their exact role in muscular contraction; also his efforts to find the smallest structural elements ("substantia elementaris") of the body. Albinus denied the existence of a "nerve liquid" (a concept supported by both Boerhaave and Haller) and did not believe that nerves played a primary role in muscular contraction, hinting here for the first time that the "movement principle" resided in the muscle fiber itself. He also denied that the body consisted entirely of vessels, and sought to find the body's primal substance in its membranes. These views brought Albinus into a priority dispute with Haller; however, "it does seem an established fact that Albinus performed vitality experiments with membranes before Haller did ... [and] it seems plausible that Albinus even stimulated Haller's efforts in this direction" (Punt, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus , p. 94; see also pp. 90-93). NLM/Blake, p. 9. Waller 336 (parts 1-3 only); Wellcome II, p. 26. (2)
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