Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1115

JOHANN FRIEDRICH BLUMENBACH (1752-1840) Geschichte und Beschreibung der Knochen des menschlichen Körpers. H. Dieterich 1807 xxi, 496 pp., 2 plates. 21.5 cm.

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Blumenbach's noteworthy book on human osteology contains his original description of the portion of the base of the skull immediately posterior to the sella turcica (clivus Blumenbachi). This interleaved copy contains scattered marginal notes believed to be in Blumenbach's hand.

Cited references: Waller 1162 (1st ed., 1786); Wellcome II, p. 184

Gift of John Martin, M.D.