A history of muscle physiology: Hippocrates to 1850 (Volume I)
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2021
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Ullrick, William C.
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Abstract
[PREFACE]
The history of muscle physiology is totally inspiring. It is the
enthralling drama of the human mind plunging into a dark
unknown. In this book I have tried to capture the excitement that I
have felt in studying the contributions of those who ha,·e gone
before.
A note on the basic structure of this book; I haYe found it
undesirable to separate the developments of muscle science from
scientific advances in associated fields. Very often the same
individual would contribute to advances in chemistry, physics or
mathematics as ·well as to muscle physiology. Moreover, progress in
other fields has frequently dictated the direction of further research
in myology. Therefore, to perceive clearly the flow of muscle
knowledge during the period of history covered by this and
subsequent volumes, an awareness of the unfolding of scientific
thought in many different areas is necessary. Such is the background
I have endeavored to paint as a supporting theme for this history of
muscle physiology.
It has been necessary to translate a great number of French and
German articles in the writing of this history. And, as often has been
said, a translation is like hearing a voice through a telephone. The
words may reach the ear distinctly, but the quality of the voice is
often distorted. I hope that I have held such distortions to a
minimum. My goal in this has been to transfer the substance of the
thought, not the idiomatic structure of the original. [TRUNCATED]
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