Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1011

ALEXANDER MONRO (1733-1817) A description of all the bursae mucosae of the human body. Printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay, and for Charles Elliot 1788 60 pp., 10 plates (part fold.). 47 cm.

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This classic work contains the first full anatomical description of the sacs between the tendons and bones which Albinus had named the bursae mucosae. They are illustrated on ten plates which for explicit clarity and accuracy have not been improved upon.

Cited references: Russell 613

Gift of John Martin, M.D.