SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 – 1882)

1834

#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

#990

Versuche über die künstliche Verdauung des geronnenen Eiweisses.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1836

#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.

1837

#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

#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-dates Schleiden’s first …

1839

#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 this w…

1844

#993

Versuche um auszumitteln, ob die Galle im Organismus eine für das Leben wesentliche Rolle spielt.

Proof of the indispensability of bile to digestion.