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He was important because he proved that maggots and
other living creatures developed in decaying
tissues. -
Published a book called Micrographia and conveyed what microscopes could mean to naturalist. -
He help determine that each organism comes from another. -
First to recognize the nucleus and came up with the term nucleus. -
Suggeste that every organism is composed of cells. -
spotted the nucleus in epilethical cells. -
He stated that “there is one universal principle of development for the elementary parts of organisms... and this
principle is in the formation of cells”. -
showed that cells are formed through scission of pre-existing cells. -
Wrote a book with beautiful descriptions and drawings of
nerve cells studied by using histological
methods and microdissections made with
thin needles under the microscope. -
He proposed that, in all of the central
nervous system, nerve cells established
anastomoses with each other through a network formed by the minute branching of
their dendrites.