Chapter IX: The Rise of Physiology--Harvey. Haller. Johannes Müller, 179

Physiology had a parallel development with anatomy, 179. Physiology
of the ancients, 179. Galen, 180. Period of Harvey, 180.
His demonstration of circulation of the blood, 180. His method
of experimental investigation, 181. Period of Haller, 181. Physiology
developed as an independent science, 183. Haller's personal
characteristics, 181. His idea of vital force, 182. His book
on the Elements of Physiology a valuable work, 183. Discovery
of oxygen by Priestley in 1774, 183. Charles Bell's great discovery
on the nervous system, 183. Period of Johannes Müller, 184.
A man of unusual gifts and personal attractiveness, 185. His
personal appearance, 185. His great influence over students, 185.
His especial service was to make physiology broadly comparative,
186. His monumental Handbook of Physiology, 186. Unexampled
accuracy in observation, 186. Introduces the principles
of psychology into physiology, 186. Physiology after Müller,
188-195. Ludwig, 188. Du Bois-Reymond, 189. Claude
Bernard, 190. Two directions of growth in physiology--the
chemical and the physical, 192. Influence upon biology, 193.
Other great names in physiology, 194.