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  Obituary 
  Notices 
  of 
  Felloivs 
  deceased. 
  

  

  cells, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  actually 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  chemical 
  decomposition 
  process, 
  it 
  

   is 
  clear 
  that 
  if 
  we 
  regard 
  Hermann's 
  myosin 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  these 
  structures, 
  

   his 
  view 
  was 
  an 
  important 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  right 
  direction, 
  although 
  the 
  giving 
  

   off 
  of 
  carbon 
  dioxide 
  was 
  not 
  correctly 
  interpreted. 
  

  

  Hermann 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  electrical 
  changes 
  are 
  an 
  accompani- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  many 
  secreting 
  glands. 
  He 
  used 
  the 
  " 
  alteration 
  

   theory 
  " 
  to 
  interpret 
  the 
  phenomena. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  main 
  region 
  of 
  his 
  work, 
  which 
  was 
  his 
  chief 
  occupation 
  at 
  

   Konigsberg, 
  was 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  voice 
  and 
  speech. 
  In 
  this 
  his 
  

   mathematical 
  skill 
  was 
  of 
  much 
  service. 
  Use 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  photographic 
  regis- 
  

   tration 
  and 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  magnifying 
  the 
  impressions 
  on 
  phonograph 
  records 
  

   was 
  worked 
  out. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  describe 
  this 
  work 
  in 
  detail, 
  but 
  the 
  main 
  

   point 
  was 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  vowel 
  sounds 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  led. 
  This 
  

   view 
  was 
  that 
  vowel 
  sounds 
  are 
  not 
  merely 
  characterised 
  by 
  harmonics 
  of 
  

   tones 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  larynx, 
  but 
  that 
  sounds 
  are 
  added 
  to 
  these 
  by 
  blowing 
  

   through 
  the 
  mouth 
  cavity, 
  specially 
  adjusted 
  for 
  each 
  vowel 
  sound. 
  

  

  Many 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  physiological 
  research 
  received 
  valuable 
  contribu- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  Hermann's 
  laboratory. 
  Heat 
  production, 
  respiration, 
  and 
  the 
  

   blood 
  pigment 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  To 
  him, 
  as 
  it 
  appears, 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  

   credit 
  of 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  digestive 
  processes 
  in 
  general 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  nature 
  

   of 
  hydrolytic 
  decompositions, 
  and 
  that 
  their 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  afford 
  the 
  simple 
  

   materials 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  each 
  cell 
  for 
  the 
  building 
  up 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  special 
  

   products. 
  

  

  Not 
  the 
  least 
  of 
  his 
  services 
  to 
  physiology 
  was 
  the 
  bringing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Handbuch 
  der 
  Physiologie 
  ' 
  in 
  1879 
  — 
  1883. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  are 
  by 
  

   Hermann 
  himself, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  gives 
  a 
  most 
  valuable 
  account 
  of 
  

   what 
  was 
  known 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  Indeed, 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  may 
  still 
  be 
  read 
  with 
  

   profit. 
  

  

  Hermann's 
  success 
  in 
  research 
  was 
  due 
  in 
  great 
  part 
  to 
  his 
  exceptional 
  

   skill 
  in 
  the 
  design, 
  construction, 
  and 
  use 
  of 
  apparatus 
  as 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  

   problems 
  on 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  engaged. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  problems 
  depended 
  for 
  

   their 
  solution 
  on 
  the 
  accurate 
  measurement 
  of 
  physical 
  quantities. 
  

  

  Hermann 
  was 
  strongly 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  physiology 
  must 
  be 
  studied 
  for 
  

   its 
  own 
  sake, 
  not 
  merely 
  for 
  its 
  use 
  hi 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  medicine. 
  He 
  refers 
  

   to 
  the 
  fundamental 
  problems 
  which 
  are 
  opened 
  up 
  when 
  courage 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  

   attack 
  the 
  phenomena 
  of 
  life 
  at 
  their 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  organisation 
  of 
  the 
  

   elementary 
  parts." 
  That 
  such 
  knowledge, 
  sooner 
  or 
  later, 
  has 
  its 
  practical 
  

   application 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  to 
  which 
  Hermann's 
  discoveries 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  of 
  the 
  electrical 
  phenomena 
  of 
  muscle 
  has 
  been 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  

   diagnosis 
  by 
  electrocardiographic 
  records. 
  

  

  W. 
  M. 
  B. 
  

  

  