In 1880 an important book with the title The Spectroscope in Medicine was published by MacMunn in London. In 1914, MacMunn published another book with the title, Spectrum Analysis Applied to Biology and Medicine. The color of cells and tissues, and their absorption and fluorescence properties begins with the studies of hemoproteins by MacMunn, continues with the classic work of Keilin on cytochromes, and continues in this century with the modern advances in the development of redox fluorometrv.
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