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1. • • Schwann devised a “balance” to measure muscle contractions, connected protein digestion to a pepsin-induced fermentation, and co-discovered in 1837 the reproductive process and role of yeast in alcoholic fermentation. But his main contribution to biological science was the cell theory he framed in 1838–1839.
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   • Theodor Schwann is most famous for his role in the development of cell theory. Theodor Schwann was a German zoologist famous for his development of the cell theory, identification of pepsin, discovery of Schwann cells and his disproving of spontaneous generation. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.

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   What did Theodor Schwann discover?

   • Theodor Schwann. Schwann was particularly interested in the cellular structure of muscle and nerve tissues, and this led to his discovery and description of the Schwann cells and the role it played in providing the envelope covering nerve fibers called the Schwann cell sheath (which later came to be known as the myelin sheath).

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   What is Schwann's cell theory?

   • Inspired by microscopic investigations on cartilage in fish embryos by his teacher Johannes Müller (1836), Schwann extended Meyen’s (1830), Brown’s (1831), and Schleiden’s (1838) observations on plant cells to animals (1839). This cell theory includes that both plant and animal organisms consist of cells and cell products.

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   What did Theodor Schwann believe?

   • Theodor Schwann was an anatomist and physiologist who is best known for developing the cell doctrine that all living things are composed of cells. He established that the cell is the basic unit of all living things. He believed that cells are governed by scientific processes and rejected vitalism which invoked

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   Where did Theodor Schwann go to school?

   • January 11, 1882, Prussia/Germany, Köln/Cologne Theodor Schwann went to school in Neuss and Cologne. From 1829 to 1831, he studied philosophy and medicine in Bonn, and subsequently medicine in Würzburg from 1831 and in Berlin from 1833. In Würzburg, he attended the lectures of the famous clinician Johann Lukas Schönlein.

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   • He did his thesis work in 1833–1834, with Müller as his advisor. Schwann's thesis involved a careful study of the necessity for oxygen during the embryonic development of the chicken. To carry it out, he designed and built an apparatus that enabled him to pump the gases oxygen and hydrogen out of the incubation chamber at specific times.

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   His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals. Other contributions include the discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, [4] and the invention of the term "metabolism". [5]

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   His contributions to biology and medicine has paved the way for the emergence and blooming of several fields of study such as microbiology, pathology, histology and the principle of antibiotics. INTRODUCTION.

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   Schwann made a significant contribution to histology – the anatomy of cells and tissues on the microscopic scale – when he placed adult animal tissues into five distinct groups: separate independent cells, e.g. blood

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   Nov 21, 2023 · Theodor Schwann made numerous contributions to science that include discovery of the enzyme pepsin, spontaneous generation, and identifying the role of microbes in fermentation. Schwann...

   • Theodor Schwann provided the framework for what became known as the cell theory. Theodor Schwann, a German zoologist, discovered that all animals w...
   • Schwann went on to make many profound discoveries in science including the discovery of the enzyme pepsin, spontaneous generation, and identifying...

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   Feb 10, 2022 · Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), a noted German physiologist, made similar microscopic observations of animal tissue. In 1839, after a conversation with Schleiden, Schwann realized that similarities existed between plant and animal tissues.

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    Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants is a famous treatise by Theodor Schwann published in 1839 which officially formulated the basis of the cell theory.

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    Jan 1, 2017 · History of Life. Theodor Schwann went to school in Neuss and Cologne. From 1829 to 1831, he studied philosophy and medicine in Bonn, and subsequently medicine in Würzburg from 1831 and in Berlin from 1833. In Würzburg, he attended the lectures of the famous clinician Johann Lukas Schönlein.