In the first of our ‘Rewind’ episodes, we go back to basics and discuss cells- where they came from and the famous cell theory of 1839, which is still present in textbooks today. There are more stories than we can cover which lead up to cell theory, so just see this as an introductory episode until when and if we can come back to these famous names and discoveries.
Sources for this episode: 1) Author unknown, National Geographic, date unknown, Cell Theory (Encyclopaedic entry, online). 2) Silver (1987), Virchow, the Heroic Health Model in Medicine: Health Policy by Accolade. AJPH 77(1): 82- 88 (p.86 for the discussion of Remak).
Please note: at 02:29 I mention that the postulates were ‘released’. I am not sure if this is the right word to use, but I am still looking into this, so watch this space for now.