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spected in the university, and led a useful life, although after 

 going to Belgium he published only one work— that on the 

 uses of the bile. He was recognized as an adept experi- 



FlG. 75. M. SCHLEIDEN, 1804-1881. 



menter and demonstrator, and "clearness, order, and method " 



are designated as the characteristic qualities of his teaching. 



His announcement of the cell-theory was his most impor- 



