Embryological Research Methods of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: The Gasser-Strahl’sche Sammlung

By Caroline Maria Stiel, Irmtraud Sahmland

The Gasser-Strahl’sche Sammlung is a human embryological section series collection established at the Marburg Anatomical Institute around 1900. Given its impressive scope and the high quality of the preparations, this collection represents a unique document of human embryological research methods from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

This book explores the question of why section series collections became central research objects for embryologists. The author also uses archival materials and publications related to the Marburg collection to show where the Marburg preparations came from, how they were processed, and what embryological knowledge gain can be derived from them up to the 21st century.

Product Details

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften (April 20, 2023)

Language: German

Hardcover: 264 pages

ISBN-10: 3631893086

ISBN-13: 978-3631893081