BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 



structed a system of medicine which had quite a 

 following until after his death. He coined and 

 first used the word "gas," and is said to have 

 demonstrated the necessity of using the balance 

 in chemistry. 



Vesalius, Andrew, ii, 164. Born at Brussels, 

 Dec. 31, 1514; died in the Island of Zante, Oct. 

 15, 1564. Noted Belgian physician and anato- 

 mist. He is called the "greatest of anatomists." 

 His work, "De corporis humani fabrica, libri sep- 

 tem" was the first comprehensive and systematic 

 work on humane anatomy. 



Virchow, Rudolf, iv, 127; v, 188. Born at 

 Schivelbein, Pomerania, Oct. 13, 1821; died at 

 Berlin, Sept. 5, 1902. Celebrated German physi- 

 cian, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was the 

 founder of cellular pathology. Throughout his 

 life he was active as a teacher, in laboratory work 

 and hospital clinic. During his later years he 

 was also active as a statesman. 



Volta, Alessandro, iii, 230. Born at Como, 

 Italy, Feb. 18, 1745; died there March 5, 1827. 

 Celebrated Italian physicist. He is famous for 

 his invention of the voltaic pile. This invention 

 furnished a method of generating galvanic elec- 

 tricity, and is the direct prototype of modern gal- 

 vanic batteries. It was one of the most revolu- 

 tionary inventions in the field of electricity. 

 Volta also invented an electroscope, electrophore 

 and condenser. 



Von Baer, Karl Ernst, iv, 122. Born at Estho- 

 mia, Russia, Feb. 28, 1792; died at Dorpat, Nov. 

 28, 1876. Celebrated Russian naturalist and em- 

 bryologist. Von Baer's- studies in embryology 

 were the basis of Schwann's discovery that "there 



