The microscopist, or, A complete manual on the use of the microscope : for physicians, students, and all lovers of natural science / by Joseph H. Wythes.

  • Wythe, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1822-1901.
Date:
1852
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Credit: The microscopist, or, A complete manual on the use of the microscope : for physicians, students, and all lovers of natural science / by Joseph H. Wythes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MICROSCOPIST. CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION. From the earliest period of scientific research, the magnify- ing properties of lenses have been used to penetrate the arcana of nature, and with most striking results. A vast amount of information, which could have been obtained in no other way, has been added, by microscopic observation, to almost every branch of natural science. To the Christian philosopher, the microscope reveals the most amazing evidence of that Creative Power and Wisdom before which great and small are terms without meaning. He rises from the contemplation of the minutiae which it displays, feeling more strongly than ever the force of those beautiful words—“ If God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you? 0 ye of little faith!” To the geologist, it reveals the striking, yet humbling fact, that the world on which we tread is but the wreck of ancient 2