our reports. What do we argue about? Therefore, in fact, 

 what was said by Wolff (and also the authors in their Latin 

 dissertation) is incorrect, namely, that the intestine by 

 length is split, and that the rectum and small intestine 

 grow opposite to each other. We now are liable to be 

 annoyed by that zeal, with which we attempt to show that the 

 studies of Wolff are worthless, or at least are false 

 interpretation and understanding. Good friends, all this, 

 however, could be avoided, if in the Latin dissertation, 

 instead of the defending (Wolffina) and rising against us, 

 stated his present opinion. From now on, there will be 

 peace between us!" (p. 269) . 



Nearly it is impossible to imagine, how Oken could, 

 by a similar way, misinterpret Pander's data, which 

 absolutely and undoubtedly confirmed the principal idea of 

 Wolff about the system of the intestine formation (269) . 



(80) Edward Ivanovich Eichwalt was born in Mitav in 

 1795. In 1819, he defended at Vilensky University disserta- 

 tion for the degree of doctor. From 1821 to 1823, he was an 

 assistant professor for the course of zoology, and from 1823 

 to 1827 he became professor of midwifery at Kazan University, 

 where, in addition, he read lectures on zoology and compara- 

 tive anatomy. In Kazan, Eichwald published the article 

 mentioned on page 155 about the human ovum. For the follow- 

 ing ten years Eichwald was the head of zoology and compara- 

 tive anatomy department at the Vilensky University. He died 

 in Petersburg in 1878 when he was honored as professor and 

 academician. Eichwald left a great number of articles in 

 different branches of natural sciences and archaeology, 

 having on the whole only an historical interest (271) . 



(81) It is possible to have a look into the life and 

 works of K. M. Baer through the biographical essays of 



L. Stieda 1 , N. A. Kholodkovskii 2 and B. E. Raikov 3 . Some 



1. L. Stieda. Karl Ernst von Baer, eine biographische 

 Skizze, Braunschw. , 1886. 



2. N. A. Kholodkovskii. "Karl Ber. Ego zhizn i nauchnaya 

 deyatel'nosti" (Karl Baer. His life and scientific 

 activities) . 1923, 110 pages. 



3. B. E. Raikov "O zhizni i nauchnoi deyatelnosti K. M. Ber" 

 (About the life and scientific activities of K. M. Baer. 

 In the book: K. M. Ber. Istoriya razvitiya zhivotnykh 

 (History of animal development) . Izd AN SSSR, 1950, 



p. 383-438. 



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