Project Gutenberg 2006-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 211 Swammerdam, Jan 1637 1680 Proefnemingen van de particuliere beweeging der spieren in de kikvorsch 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.) Reading ease score: 57.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. nl Muscle contraction QP Text Physiology Biology Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Category: Science - Biology 95034 2025-06-08T07:21:14.003869 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 193009 2025-06-08T07:21:21.104819 application/epub+zip 192387 2025-06-08T07:21:18.148861 application/epub+zip 89373 2025-06-08T07:21:16.730854 application/epub+zip 436802 2025-06-08T07:21:23.244811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426440 2025-06-08T07:21:20.170828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102323 2022-09-09T06:40:44.841682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82728 2025-06-08T07:21:13.605870 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 19214 2025-06-08T07:21:23.427810 application/rdf+xml 25091 2025-06-08T07:21:17.294842 image/jpeg 4504 2025-06-08T07:21:17.011868 image/jpeg 300288 2025-06-08T07:21:14.037849 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia