Johannes Peter Mueller (1801-1858) was the most important physiologist of the first half of the 19th century. In his native German he wrote a "Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen" - a work that brought together a wealth of data about comparative anatomy and physiology, and included many new observations. The "Handbuch" united clinical practice with experimental physiology and was the source to consult when someone wanted to find out what was known about any facet of human biology. It drew some of the brightest students of the time to Mueller's lectures and laboratory, among them Bruecke (Freud's teacher), Du Bois-Reymond, Helmholtz, Henle, Virchow and Schwann. Mueller's great work was translated into English by William Baly as "Elements of Physiology" in which form it had an influence on Charles Darwin and many others. "Elements of Physiology" is divided into eight books dealing with the circulatory, nervous and muscular systems, the five senses, mind-body interaction, reproduction and childbirth. Each book is further divided into sections. The "Elements" is a research source for the state of biological science around 1850, but its full text has become exceedingly rare.
Early editions of the "Elements" were printed on high-acid paper and so library copies are deteriorating rapidly, where they exist at all. Libraries now have the opportunity to acquire this facsimile of the corrected and enlarged second edition (1839-43) with a substantial new introduction by Nicholas J. Wade.
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Volume 1 (c. 325pp) - prolegomena on general physiology. Book 1 Of the circulating fluids, their motion, and the vascular system: of the blood; of the circulation of the blood and the vascular system; of the lymph and the lymphatic vessels. Volume 2 (620pp) Book 2 Of the chemical changes produced in the organic fluids and organised textures under the influence of the vital laws: of respiration; of nutrition, growth, and reproduction; of secretion; of digestion, chylification, and the excretion of the decomposed effete matters. Book 3 Physiology of the nerves: of the properties of the nerves generally; of the nerves of sensation, the nerves of motion, and the organic nerves; of the mode of propagation of nervous action in different nerves; of the peculiar properties of individual nerves; of the central organs of the nervous system. Volume 3 (496pp) Book 4 Of motion, of voice and speech: of the organs, phenomena, and causes of motion in animals; of the different muscular movements; of voice and speech. Book 5 Of the senses: of vision; of hearing; of the sense of smell; of the sense of taste; of the sense of touch. Volume 4 (406pp.) Book 6 Of the mind: of the nature of the mind generally considered; of the mental phenomena; of the mutual reaction of the mind and organism. Book 7 Of generation: of homogeneous or non-sexual generation; of sexual generation. Book 8 Of development: of the development of the ovum and embryo; of the development of the organs and tissues in the f tus; of birth and the changes of development which take place after birth.
