Vom Samentier zur Samenzelle: Die Neudeutung der Zeugung im 19. Jahrhundert. (German)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Vienne, Florence
- Source
- Berichte zur Wissenschafts-Geschichte; sep2009, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p215-229, 15p
- Subject
- Language
- German
- ISSN
- 01706233
The article discusses the researches of late 18th-century naturalist Lazzaro Spallanzani and 19th-century physiologist Albert Kölliker as they shed light on the mechanism of sperm cells in procreation and male heredity in reproduction. The author investigates how physiological ideas required reconceptualization after the work of these two scientists, from the previous believed idea of sperm as parasites in the seminal fluid to the scientists' discovery of spermatazoa's vital role in fertilization and reproduction.