SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 – 1882)
1810 – 1882
7 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Rudolph Hoffmann · Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie der ÖNB (Wien) · Public domain
1834 CE
#481
De necessitate aëris atmosphaerici ad evolutionem pulli in ovo incubito. Dissertatio inauguralis physiologica....
Proof that air is necessary in the development of the embryo. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1836 CE
#991
Ueber das Wesen des Verdauungsprocesses.
William Beaumont recognized that the gastric juice contained some other active chemical substance besides hydrochloric acid. Schwann proved this to be pepsin. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1836 CE
#990
Versuche über die künstliche Verdauung des geronnenen Eiweisses.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1837 CE
#674
Vorlaüfige Mittheilung betreffend Versuche über die Weingährung und Fäulniss.
Proof that putrefaction is produced by living bodies. Independently of Cagniard-Latour, Schwann discovered the yeast cell. He is regarded as the founder of the germ theory of putrefaction and fermentation.
1838 CE
#112.1
Ueber die Analogie in der Structur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen.
Schwann’s three-part preliminary application of Schleiden’s “watch-glass” cell theory to the genesis of animal cells. Schleiden communicated the theory to him verbally. This paper actually pre-…
1839 CE
#113
Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen.
Mainly devoted to the investigation of the elementary structure of animal tissues, Schwann’s Untersuchungen had an important bearing on the development of the doctrine of the cell structure of animal tissue. In …
1844 CE
#993
Versuche um auszumitteln, ob die Galle im Organismus eine für das Leben wesentliche Rolle spielt.
Proof of the indispensability of bile to digestion.