Project Gutenberg 2006-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 69 Swammerdam, Jan 1637 1680 Proefnemingen van de particuliere beweeging der spieren in de kikvorsch Reading ease score: 57.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Louise Hope, Frank van Drogen, the Netherlands Team and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) "Proefnemingen van de particuliere beweeging der spieren in de kikvorsch" by Jan Swammerdam is a scientific publication from the late 17th century. The book explores the mechanics of muscle movement, specifically in frogs, and seeks to address fundamental questions about the nature of muscular contraction and the role of nerves in facilitating movement. In this work, Swammerdam presents a series of experiments demonstrating how muscle contractions occur in response to nerve stimulation. He details how irritating certain nerves in frogs can produce noticeable movements in their muscles, highlighting the intricate connections between muscles and the nervous system. By separating and manipulating the heart and muscle tissues, Swammerdam illustrates that muscles, when contracting, actually occupy less space rather than swelling, proposing that their action is a complex interplay of contraction and dilatation. Throughout the book, Swammerdam emphasizes the need for careful experimentation and a deeper understanding of the biological mechanisms at play, thereby laying foundational concepts for the study of anatomy and physiology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Muscle contraction QP Text Physiology Biology Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 94911 94637 2024-10-08T10:35:08.506621 2023-09-08T11:40:47.096733 text/html text/html 90115 2006-07-28T11:34:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 160640 2006-07-28T11:34:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 192920 2024-10-08T10:35:15.782781 application/epub+zip 192376 2024-10-08T10:35:12.806613 application/epub+zip 89378 2024-10-08T10:35:11.339637 application/epub+zip 436822 2024-10-08T10:35:17.950576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426438 2024-10-08T10:35:14.867601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102323 2022-09-09T06:40:44.841682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82728 82435 2024-10-08T10:35:08.113619 2023-09-08T11:40:46.827723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 82561 2006-07-28T11:34:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29058 2006-07-28T11:34:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20190 2024-10-08T10:35:18.081554 application/rdf+xml 25091 2024-10-08T10:35:11.930603 image/jpeg 4504 2024-10-08T10:35:11.646586 image/jpeg 300256 2024-10-08T10:35:08.536607 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia