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Johann Nepomuk Czermak, a student of Purkyne, was especially eager to distribute the knowledge of experimental physiology by means of movement-images. In 1867, this later director of the physiological "spectatorium" at Leipzig (1871) gave popular lectures on physiological topics at the University of Jena. In a lecture on the heart, Czermak tried to demonstrate its rhythmic movement by using a cardioscope specifically designed for this purpose.

Illustration: Czermak, 1879 (stativ)

Czermak, 1879 (Stativ)

Reference: Schmidgen, Henning. 2001. Le cœur mis à nu. Movement-Images in Experimental Physiology, 1830-1860.. The Virtual Laboratory (ISSN 1866-4784), https://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/references?id=art4&page=p0004