Vol. I., pp. 194, 195 describe briefly the earlier anatomical studies of the Alexandrian physicians, Herophilus and Erasistratus; and pp. 282, 283, outline the studies of the famous physician, Galen.
Vol. II., "From Paracelsus to Harvey," in particular, p. 163 seq.; and chapters IV. (p. 173 seq.) and V. (p. 202 seq.) dealing with the progress of anatomy and physiology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries respectively. The chapter on "Experimental Psychology" (p. 245 seq.) may also be consulted.
Vol. V., chapter V., dealing with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Naples (p. 113 seq.) and chapter VI., "Ernst Haeckel and the New Zoology" (p. 144 seq.) present other aspects of physiological problems.
CHAPTER IV
THE WORK OF AIR AND WATER
On [page 63] reference is made to the work of the old Greeks, Archimedes and Ctesibius. An account of Archimedes' discovery of the laws of buoyancy of solids and liquids will be found in vol. I., p. 208.
[(p. 64)]. The machines of Ctesibius and Hero. See vol. I., p. 242 seq., for a full account of these mechanisms.
[(p. 65)]. Toricelli, the pupil of Galileo, and his discovery of atmospheric pressure. For a fuller account of his discovery and what came of it see vol. II., p. 120 seq.
[(p. 66)]. Boyle's experiments on atmospheric pressure. See vol. II., p. 204 seq.
[(p. 66)]. Mariotte and Von Guericke. See vol. II., p. 210 seq.