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today as cells, and his name is included as a milestone in cytology. 

 He published his "Micrographia" in 1665 in which his compound 

 microscope was described and pictured. Another pioneer micro- 

 scopist was Malpighi, who viewed, probably for the first time, 

 circulation of blood in capillaries. Among his interests are in- 

 cluded studies of animal and vegetable materials, and his re- 



Fig. 1. Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) -The "Father of 

 Microbiology." (Courtesy of the Lambert Pharmacal Company, Division 

 of the Lambert Company, St. Louis, Missouri.) 



searches are recorded in papers submitted to the Royal Society of 

 London. 



One of the most interesting of the microbe hunters was Antony 

 van Leeuwenhoek, who was born in Delft, Holland, the son of 

 well-to-do tradespeople. This person's early years are not well 

 documented, but when his father died, Antony's mother wanted 

 him to become a government official, a member of a respected 

 profession. When he was sixteen years old he left school and 



