CONTENTS. 



GESNER, 



BELON, SALVIANI, RONDELET, 



AND ALDROVANDI. 



ZOOLOGISTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



Conrad Gesner — Account of his Life and Writings, preceded by Re- 

 marks on those of iElian, Oppian, Albertus Magnus, Paolo Gio- 

 vio, and Hieronymus Bock — Pierre Belon — HippoUto Salviani 

 — Guillaume Rondelet — Ulysses Aldrovandi — General Remarks 

 on their Writings, and the State of Science at the Close of the 

 Sixteenth Centur}^, Page 102 



JONSTON, GOEDART, 

 REDI, AND SWAMMERDAM. 



ZOOLOGISTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 



Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of John Jonston, John 

 Goedart, Francis Redi, and John Swammerdam — Notice respecting 

 the principal Works of Swammerdam — His Birth and Education 

 — He studies Medicine, but addicts himself chiefly to the Exami- 

 nation of Insects — Goes to France, where he forms an Acquaint- 

 ance with Thevenot — Returns to Amsterdam, takes his Degree, 

 improves the Art of making Anatomical Preparations — Publishes 

 various Works — Destroys his Health by the Intensity of his Ap- 

 plication — Becomes deeply impressed with religious Ideas — 

 Adopts the Opinions of Antoinette Bourignon — Is tortured by 

 conflicting Passions — Endeavours to dispose of his Collections — 

 Is affected w4th Ague and Anasarca, and dies after protracted 

 Suffering — His Writings published by Boerhaave — His Classifi- 

 cation of Insects, 118 



