1858 in science
The year 1858 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
- William Herschel initiates fingerprinting as a means of identification, in Bengal.[1]
- Rudolf Virchow publishes Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre: 20 Vorlesungen, gehalten während der Monate Februar, März und April 1858 im Pathologischen Institut zu Berlin.
Evolution
Exploration
Mathematics
Medicine
- First publication of Gray's Anatomy.
- Publication in London of Thomas B. Peacock's On Malformations, &c., of the Human Heart, with original cases which becomes a standard cardiology textbook.[10]
Psychiatry
- First treatise on postpartum psychiatric disturbances, by Louis-Victor Marcé, MD.[11]
Technology
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Herschel, William J. (1916). The Origin of Finger-Printing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1104662257. http://galton.org/fingerprints/books/herschel/herschel-1916-origins-1up.pdf.
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "The Zambesi Expedition". Livingstone Online. http://www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk/companion.php?id=HIST4. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ Pickover, Clifford A. (2006). The Möbius Strip: Dr. August Möbius's Marvelous Band in Mathematics, Games, Literature, Art, Technology, and Cosmology. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1560258268.
- ^ Herges, Rainer (2005). "Möbius, Escher, Bach – Das unendliche Band in Kunst und Wissenschaft". Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau: 301–310. ISSN 0028-1050.
- ^ Rodley, Chris, ed (1997). Lynch on Lynch. London. p. 231.
- ^ Vol. II pp. 475–496.
- ^ Dieudonné, Jean, ed (1978). "III". Abrégé d'histoire des mathématiques 1700-1900. 1. Paris: Hermann. p. 96.
- ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
- ^ "Thomas Bevill Peacock (1812-1882), 19th Century Cardiologist". Journal of the American Medical Association 203 (9): 801. 1968. doi:10.1001/jama.1968.03140090185016. http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/203/9/801.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ Trede K, Baldessarini RJ, Viguera AC, Bottero A (2009). "Treatise on insanity in pregnant, postpartum, and lactating women (1858) by Louis-Victor Marcé: a commentary". Harvard Review of Psychiatry 17 (2): 157–65. doi:10.1080/10673220902891802. PMID 19373623. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10673220902891802.
- ^ "ss Great Eastern". Brunel 200. 2006. http://www.brunel200.com/ss_great_eastern.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-29.