1686 –1718 LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
Ontledingen en ontdekkingen.... 6 vols.
Leeuwenhoek, one of the first and also one of the greatest of the microbiologists, communicated many of his discoveries to the Royal Society in London. This set is a collection in Dutch of many contributions that van …
GMN 265 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1222
1773 –1774 MÜLLER, Otto Friedrich (1730 – 1784)
Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthecorum, et testaceorum non marinorum, succincta historia. 2 vols.
In this work Müller arranged the Infusoria into genera and species for the first time. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 11779 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13980
1786 MÜLLER, Otto Friedrich (1730 – 1784)
Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quae detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari.
Müller was the first to attempt a systematic classification of infusoria. He published several papers on the subject, the best being the above posthumous work. Muller described 8 species of the genus Vibrio (included …
GMN 2466 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3031
1830 EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795 – 1876)
Organisation, Systematik und geographische Verhältniss der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge, in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 und 1830.
In this work Ehrenberg first published his classification of infusioria, including the naming of bacteria for the first time. The work published two papers based on his expeditions. The first, read on January 10, 1828…
GMN 11452 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13651
1838 EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795 – 1876)
Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. 1 vol. and atlas of 64 hand-colored engraved plates.
In this monumental work in folio format Ehrenberg extended Otto Friedrich Müller’s bacteriological classification. Like Müller, he made no distinction between protozoa and bacteria, classing them both as infusoria. Hi…
GMN 111 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1664
1919 DOBELL, Clifford (1886 – 1949)
The amoebae living in man; a zoological monograph.
"I have attempted in this monograph to give an accurate and concise account of all the amoebae which live in human beings." Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 11486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13685
1926 WENYON, Charles Morley (1878 – 1948)
Protozoology. 2 vols.
Wenyon was one of the world’s foremost authorities on medical protozoology.
GMN 2462 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3012
1928 DOBELL, Clifford (1886 – 1949)
Researches on the intestinal protozoa of monkeys and man.
Classic account of the life-cycle of Entamoeba histolytica.
GMN 5194.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7093
