Carl von Rokitansky, the Linné of pathological anatomy

Carl von Linné

translation, four of the most important as lengthy appendices. More than 1200 pages are occupied by 28 Excursuses which discuss the evolution of our knowledge of a particular organ or structure-the heart, the brain, the alimentary canal, and so on. The writings of precursors, contemporaries, and followers have been scrutinized for every possible relevant fact or idea. There are over 2000 printe...

Of all foods bread is the most noble: Carl von Linné (Carl Linneaus) on bread1

Carl von Linné was interested in dietetics, which in his time covered all aspects of a healthy life. As a utilitarian he understood the importance of private economy and paid attention to bread in many of his publications. Two texts, Ceres noverca arctoum and De pane diaetetico, were wholly devoted to bread and bread-making. Linné classified different types of bread, and described their nutriti...

Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), 1707-1778: the Swede who named almost everything.

Carl von Rokitansky and the Italian translation of the Handbuch der Pathologischen Anatomie: a linguistic and doctrinal enigma.

Carl von Rokitansky was the author of a treatise that came out between 1842 and 1846 with the title Handbuch der Pathologischen Anatomie. A historical milestone in pathological anatomy, Rokitansky's work represented the first attempt to systematically classify pathological specimens. Its publication inevitably made a great impact on Vienna, at that time the major European medical centre. The It...

The Pathological Anatomy of Hydrazine

In a recent article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry 2 is reported a study of the influence of hydrazine upon the intermediary metabolism in the dog, by Professor F. P. Underhill and I. S. Kleiner, in which it is shown that although this poison produces extensive anatomical alterations in the liver of dogs, yet it causes little change in the partition of urinary nitrogen and sulphur, beyo...