Cellular pathology : as based upon physiological and pathological histology; twenty lectures delivered in the Pathological Institute of Berlin during the months of February, March, and April, 1858 / by Rudolf Virchow; translated from the second edition of the original by Frank Chance; with notes and numerous emendations, principally from ms. notes of the author.

  • Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902.
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MDCCCLX. [1860]
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Credit: Cellular pathology : as based upon physiological and pathological histology; twenty lectures delivered in the Pathological Institute of Berlin during the months of February, March, and April, 1858 / by Rudolf Virchow; translated from the second edition of the original by Frank Chance; with notes and numerous emendations, principally from ms. notes of the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Preface to First Edition . . . • . vii „ Second Edition ..... xiii Translator’s Preface . . . . . xv List of Wood Engravings ..... xvii LECTURE I.—Cells and the Cellular Theory . . 1 Introduction and object. Importance of anatomical discoveries in the history of medicine. Slight influence of the cell-theory upon patho- logy. Cells as the ultimate active elements of the hving body. Their nature more accurately defined. Vegetable cells; membrane, con- tents, nucleus. Animal cells; capsulated (cartilage) and simple. Nuclei of. Nucleoli of. Theory of the formation of cells out of free cytoblastema. Constancy of nucleus and its importance in the main- tenance of the living cell. Diversity of cell-contents and their import- ance as regards the functions of parts. Cells as vital unities. The body as a social organization. Cellular, in contradistinction to humoral and solidistic, pathology.—Explanation of some of the preparations. Young shoots of plants. Growth of plants. Growth of cartilage. Young ova. Young cells in sputa. LECTURE II.—Physiological Tissues . . . .24 Falsity of the view that tissues and fibres are made up of globules (ele- mentary granules). The investment theory (Umhullungstheorie). Equivocal [spontaneous] generation of cells. The law of continuous development.—General classification of'the tissues. The three cate- gories of General Histology. Special tissues. Organs and systems, or apparatuses.—The Epithelial Tissues. Squamous, cylindrical, and transitional epithelium. Epidermis and rete Malpigii. Nails, and their diseases. Cry.stalline lens. Pigment. Gland-cells.—The Con- nective TISSUES. The theories of Schwann, Henle, and Reichert. My theorj-. Connective tissue as intercellular substance. Cartilage (hyaline, fibro- and reticular). Mucous tissue. Adipose tissue. Anas- tomosis of cells; juice-convoying system of tubes or canals.