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Von Haller’s health suffered under this long strain, and he was therefore more than justified in asking the Regency of Hanover for permission to resign and take up his residence in Switzerland. His request was unhesitatingly granted; and, after resting for a few months from his recent labors, von Haller resumed those quiet literary undertakings which he loved so keenly and which enabled him to publish such famous works as the following:—

“Primae Lineae Physiologiae” (First Lines of Physiology), Goettingen, 1747 (also 1751)—the very first systematic treatise on physiology of which we have any knowledge. A German edition was not published until 1759–1776.

Commentaries on Boerhaave’s “Institutiones Medicinae,” 1739–1744.

“Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani,” 8 vols., Lausanne, 1757–1766; the most important of all his works.

“Bibliotheca Anatomica,” 2 vols., 1774–1777.

“Bibliotheca Chirurgica,” 2 vols., 1774–1775.

“Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae,” 4 vols., 1776–1788.

“Expériences sur les Parties Sensibles et Irritables,” 4 parts, Lausanne, 1759.