The actual process of nutrition in the living structure demonstrated by the microscope; and the renewal of the tissues and secretions, with the phenomena and products of inflammation, illustrated and established / [William Addison].

  • Addison, William, 1802-1881
Date:
1843-1845
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Credit: The actual process of nutrition in the living structure demonstrated by the microscope; and the renewal of the tissues and secretions, with the phenomena and products of inflammation, illustrated and established / [William Addison]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cannot teach 11s their uses ; and from the microsco- pical examination of the most minute reticulations of the vessels we can learn no more of their func- tions than we have learned concerning vision from counting the surfaces on the eye of the fly.” The most successfully injected anatomical prepa- rations, exquisite and beautiful as they are, can be compared only to deserted houses ; we can learn no more of the processes of secretion and nutrition from them than we could of the habits or movements of the inhabitants by wandering through the streets of a deserted city. But if we turn the microscope to the study of other objects—the more perishable elements of the structure—then it is probable that we may, again to use Liebig’s words, “arrive at conclusions calculated to give us a more profound insight into the essence of the vital processes.” The rapidity of the decomposition [of the changes) of the elementary structures of the body is in a direct ratio to their importance in the functions of nutri- tion, secretion, and life ; and all the future advancing steps of physiological and pathological anatomy will be accomplished by those who will carry with them the microscope and the test-tube to the dissecting room, and seize upon the objects which adhere to and leave their stain upon the bright blade of the scalpel. All natural science is progressive ; some branches advance with great rapidity, from the facility with