. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. i6o BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS anatomy of vertebrates (1866-68). In much of his thought he was singular, and many of his general conclusions have not stood the test of time. He undertook to establish the idea of an archtype in vertebrate anatomy. He clung to the vertebral theory of the skull lonsf after Huxley had shown such * o » a theory to be untenable. The idea that the skull is made up. FIG. 45.—LOREXZO OKEX, 1779-1851. of modified vertebrae was propounded by Goethe and Oken. In the hands of Oken it became one of the anatomical con- clusions of th
. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. i6o BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS anatomy of vertebrates (1866-68). In much of his thought he was singular, and many of his general conclusions have not stood the test of time. He undertook to establish the idea of an archtype in vertebrate anatomy. He clung to the vertebral theory of the skull lonsf after Huxley had shown such * o » a theory to be untenable. The idea that the skull is made up. FIG. 45.—LOREXZO OKEX, 1779-1851. of modified vertebrae was propounded by Goethe and Oken. In the hands of Oken it became one of the anatomical con- clusions of the school of Naturphilosophic. This school of transcendental philosophy was founded by Schelling, and Oken (Fig. 45) was one of its typical representatives. The vertebral theory of the skull was, therefore, not original with Owen, but he adopted it, greatly elaborated it, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York, H. Holt and Company
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