bs2> A General History of Insects .. and the #BibleOfNature, one of the finest collections of microscopical observations ever published. In these works he corrected the physiologist #MarcelloMalpighi ’s conceptions of the insect brain and nervous system and opposed the physician #WilliamHarvey ’s inconsistent interpretation of insect metamorphosis. He also demonstrated the presence of butterfly wings in #caterpillars about to undergo pupation.
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Jan Swammerdam | Microscopist, Entomologist, Anatomist
Jan Swammerdam, Dutch naturalist, considered the most accurate of classical microscopists, who was the first to observe and describe red blood cells (1658). Swammerdam completed medical studies in 1667 but never practiced medicine, devoting himself to microscopical investigations instead. Turning