CONTENTS 



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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO THE SCIENTIFIC CAREER OF 

 HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ 



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 THE PARENTAGE OF HERMANN HELMHOLTZ i 



His BOYHOOD, 1821-1838 6 



STUDENT AT THE ROYAL FRIEDRICH-WILHELM INSTITUTE FOR 



MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN BERLIN, 1838-1842 . . 13 



SURGEON AT THE CHARITE, 1842-1843 24 



1842. De Fabrica Systematis Nervosi Evertebratorum. 

 Inaugural Dissertation 24 



1843. 'On the Nature of Fermentation and Putrefaction.' 

 Muller's Archiv 27 



ARMY-SURGEON AT POTSDAM, 1843-1848 29 



1845. 'On Metabolism during Muscular Activity/ Mailer's 

 Archiv, 1845 . 32 



1846. 'Physiological Heat.' Encyklop. Worterbuch d. med. 

 Wissenschaften ."" 32 



1847. 'Report on Work done on the Theory of Animal 

 Heat in 1845.' Fortschritte d. Physik 34 



'On the Conservation of Energy.' (Berlin Physical 

 Society) published by G. Reimer, Berlin. (Trans.) 'On 

 the Conservation of Force: a Physical Memoir/ in Taylor, 

 Scientific Memoirs (Nat. Phil.\ 1853 39 



' Development of Heat in Muscular Activity.' Mailer's 

 Archiv, 1848 . . 50 



1848. Probationary lecture to the Academy of Arts, Berlin, on 



' Some Aspects of the Teaching of Anatomy to Art-Students/ 51 

 LECTURER TO THE ACADEMY OF ARTS, AND ASSISTANT AT THE 



ANATOMICAL MUSEUM IN BERLIN, 1848-1849 59 



