Author: MUYS, W.G.
Title: Investigatio fabricae, quae in partibus musculos componentibus extat. Dissertatio prima de carnis musculosae fibrarumque carnearum structura, quatenus sine vasis sanguiferis, nervis, nervosisque villis, atque membranis specttantur.
Description: Leiden, Langerak, J. A., 1738. (corr. in ink.). 4to. w. 3 fold. engr. pls. Contemp. mottl. clf. (expertly rebacked, original spine laid down), w. label on sp., g. (CLII, 431, I (Corrigenda) pp.). Von Haller II, 95: BMN: I, 88, 2nd ed. : Bayle & Thill. II, 203/4: 'C 'est par le travail le plus opiniâtre qu'il est venu à bout de former une compilation de tout ce qui avait été dit sur la fibre musculaire, et qu'il a donné de recueil des expériences faites à ce sujet.': DMB 1404/6: 'In a long footnote to p. 288 and 289 Muys related that he himself had heard from Dr. Ham. (See DMB 773/4) how the latter had discovered the spermatozoa, and he told Leeuwenhoek, who published the discovery.': Mettler, 74: 'He discovered the strip nature of voluntary muscle, the sarcolemma, and he laminatted structure of the crystalline lens and made a careful study of the capillary anastomosis discovered by Malpighi and emphasized its importance Dobel 414: 'Containains numerous references to Leeuwenhoek, and the earliest biographical nota on Johan Ham of Arnhem - co-discoverer with L. of the spermatozoa ...': Bracegirdle, Hist. of microtechn., II: 'A significant, but largely disregarded, early use of microscopic stain was that by Muys.': Blake, p. 318: First edition. Large paper copy. Translations into French 1754 and Dutch 1747.

Keywords: microscopy 18th muscles medicine generation behandelen W32