Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index.
Müller's net -- Cells and selves : the training of Jakob Henle and Theodor Schwann -- Emil Du Bois-Reymond as a scientific and literary creator -- Physiological bonds : the training of Hermann Von Helmholtz -- Rudolf Virchow's scientific politics -- Banned from the academy : the mentoring of Robert Remak -- Ernst Haeckel's evolving narratives