STUDENT LIFE AND EARLY MANHOOD 



Werner Siemens, Tyndall and Wiedemann, who all 

 became remarkable in chemistry or physics, joined 

 Du Bois Reymond, Helmholtz, Briicke, and others, 

 who represented the physiological school, in founding 

 the Physical Society, a society in which they met on 

 equal terms and freely discussed papers dealing with 

 scientific questions. 1 It is impossible not to notice 

 the great preponderance of physicists in the little 

 band ; indeed it may be said they were all physicists, 

 as Du Bois Reymond and Helmholtz, and even 

 Briicke, approached physiological problems from the 

 physical side. It was an epoch in the history of 

 science, as not a little of the outcome of modern 

 science, and, in particular, its methods, may be 

 traced to that group of brilliant young men. 



There can be little doubt that Johannes Miiller 

 was the greatest living force in the University of 

 Berlin at that time. A man of indefatigable industry 

 and perseverance, with an energy that overflowed 

 into many sciences, a man of worthy aims and clear 

 insight, who had the power of inspiring the youths 

 who hung upon his words, a man who had in his 

 great text-book collated and discussed the facts of 



1 Du Bois Reymond points out that Carl Ludwig was not a pupil of 

 Johannes Miiller. He studied at Marburg and followed his own 

 course, ultimately becoming Professor of Physiology in Leipzig. He 

 became a physiologist of the highest eminence, and, both by his own 

 labours and that of his numerous pupils, whom he attracted from all 

 countries, advanced many departments of physiological science, in par- 

 ticular our knowledge of the circulation of the blood. 

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