Author: HIS, W.
Title: Unsere körperform und das physiologische problem ihrer entstehung. Briefe an einen bedeutenden Naturforscher.
Description: Leipzig, Verlag von F.C.W. Vogel, 1874. 8vo. W. 140 woodc. texctills. Original hlf. pebbled cloth over pebbled cloth brds. (Lower edges some rubb.). (XIV, 224 pp.). (Bookplate '... antiquariat M. & H. Becker.. Berlin' on upper paste down.). First edition. DSB VI, 434/6: Hirsch III, 240: G&M. 494: 'In this work His compared the various layers and organs of the embryo to a series of elastic tubes and plates ...This work led to the idea of "developmental mechanics"'., : Waller I, 4607: Norman Coll., 1081: 'His was the first scientist to seek a causal explanation (in a modern sense ) of embryonic development . He presented his views on the development of the vertebrate embryo in the present work, consisting of a series of letters adressed to his nephew Johann Fr. Miescher.':

Keywords: physiology embryology developement medicine life pregnancy zwangerschap W35B