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Neue Untersuchungen über die Bildung des Hühnerembryo. I. Offprint. Ludwig/Weed copy

His, Wilhelm (1831-1904). Neue Untersuchungen über die Bildung des Hühnerembryo. I. Offprint from Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie (1877). 112-187pp. 2 folding plates. 235 x 159 mm. Original printed wrappers, corner cut from front wrapper, spine split resulting in separation of first signature, minor chipping, staining and soiling. Internally very good. From the library of physiologist Carl Ludwig (1816-95), with "Ludwig Collection" stamp on front wrapper; later from the library of anatomist Lewis Weed (1886-1952), with his stamp on the front wrapper. First Edition, Offprint Issue. "Swiss born embryologist Wilhelm His, Sr. (1831-1904) was the first scientist to study embryos using paraffin histology, serial sectioning and three dimensional modelling. With these techniques, His made many important discoveries in vertebrate embryology and developmental neurobiology, earning him two Nobel Prize nominations. He also developed several theories of mechanical and evolutionary developmental biology" (Richardson & Keuck). His's studies of the chicken embryo (Hühnerembryo) in the 1860s and 1870s established his reputation as an embryologist. One of his goals during this time was to establish an exact topography of the chicken embryonic disc, as described in the present paper. Richardson and Keuck, "The revolutionary developmental biology of Wilhelm His, Sr.," Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 97 (2022): 1131-1160. .