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Physiologie (translated from the German editions of 1838-1840, Handbuch der
Physiologie des Menschen) and—removed from context—looks to me as though it
could belong in a Surrealist Salon in 1915 as part of a revolutionary new
artistic movement. The print is part of a revolutionary work, though,
back in its original context. Mueller
(1801-1858) was responsible for introducing the sciences of comparative chemistry,
psychology and physics into the field of comparative physiology. Mueller’s textbook was extremely important
and was translated rather quickly into many languages.
Notes:
A wiki article on Mueller (who was chair of anatomy and physiology at Humboldt University of
Berlin, or Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 1833-1858) points out that he
was teacher and mentor to a number of fabulous scientists: ” Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Theodor
Schwann, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Carl Ludwig
and Ernst
Haeckel.”