Chapter V: The Progress of Minute Anatomy, 89

Progress in minute anatomy a feature of the eighteenth century.
Attractiveness of insect anatomy. Enthusiasm awakened by the
delicacy and perfection of minute structure, 89. Lyonet, 1707-1789,
90. Description of his remarkable monograph on the
anatomy of the willow caterpillar, 91. Selected illustrations,
92-94. Great detail--4,041 muscles, 91. Extraordinary character
of his drawings, 90. A model of detailed dissection, but lacking
in comparison and insight, 92. The work of Réaumur, Roesel,
and De Geer on a higher plane as regards knowledge of insect life,
95. Straus-Dürckheim's monograph on insect anatomy, 96. Rivals
that of Lyonet in detail and in the execution of the plates, 99.
His general considerations now antiquated, 99. He attempted
to make insect anatomy comparative, 100. Dufour endeavors to
found a broad science of insect anatomy, 100. Newport, a very
skilful dissector, with philosophical cast of mind, who recognizes
the value of embryology in anatomical work, 100. Leydig starts
a new kind of insect anatomy embracing microscopic structure
(histology), 102. This the beginning of modern work, 102.
Structural studies on other small animals, 103. The discovery
of the simplest animals, 104. Observations on the microscopic
animalcula, 105. The protozoa discovered in 1675 by Leeuwenhoek,
105. Work of O.F. Müller, 1786, 106. Of Ehrenberg
1838, 107. Recent observations on protozoa, 109.