MÜLLER, Johannes Peter (1801 – 1858)
1801 – 1858
13 entries in the GMN corpus.
1825
#475
Ueber die Entwickelung der Eier im Eierstock bei den Gespenst-heuschrecken.
Discovery of the Müllerian duct.
1826 –1840
#599
Die Physiologie als Erfahrungswissenschaft. Edited by Karl Friedrich Burdach. 6 vols.
Burdach’s great textbook of physiology was planned to run to 10 vols., but the death of his wife quenched his enthusiasm for the task. Parts of the text were written by von Baer, Rathke, Johannes Müller, R. Wagner and…
1826
#1257
Zur vergleichenden Physiologie des Gesichtssinnes des Menschen und der Thiere.
Includes Müller’s law of specific nerve energies. For an English translation, see his Elements of physiology, transl. W. Baly, London, 1838, vol. 1, pp. 766-67. Includes (p. 73) his explanation of the color sensations…
1826
#1456
Ueber die phantastischen Gesichtserscheinungen.
Müller’s early studies on specific nerve energies are included in the above work. Later he stated, in his Handbuch der Physiologie, Coblenz, 1840, 2, 258, his law of specific nerve energies – each nerve of special sen…
1830
#538
De glandularum secernentium structura penitiori.
Müller’s most important histological work. In it he described the microscopic anatomy of a large series of secreting glands. Müller’s greatest influence was not so much through his own work as through the influence he…
1831
#1259
Bestätigung des Bell’schen Lehrsatzes, das die doppelten Wurzeln der Rückenmarksnerven verschiedene Fuctionen haben, durch neue und Entscheidende Experimente.
Experimental proof of the Bell-Magendie law (see Nos. 1254 & 1256) of the spinal nerve roots.
1834 –1840
#601
Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen.
The first modern, systematic textbook on physiology, presenting an authoritative and discerning survey of each aspect of the science. This is also one of the best reviews of physiological literature during the first p…
1836
#990
Versuche über die künstliche Verdauung des geronnenen Eiweisses.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1837
#673
Ueber Knorpel und Knochen.
Isolation of chondrin and glutin.
1838
#2612
Ueber den feinern Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwülste. Lief. 1.
This classic work showed that Müller realized the necessity of the cell theory for the comprehension of the nature of cancer. He recognized cells, their nuclei and nucleoli, and could distinguish various types of tumo…
1839
#1458
Ueber die Compensation der physischen Kräfte am menschlichen Stimmorgan, mit Bemerkungen über die Stimme der Säugethiere, Vögel und Amphibien.
1840
#328
Ueber die Lymphherzen der Schildkröten.
1858
#13436
Catalog der hinterlassenen Bibliothek des am 28 April 1858 verstorbenen Geh. Medicinal-Rathes, Professors der Anatomie und Physiologie, Dr. Johannes Müller.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.