Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1272.5

FRANZ DANIEL REISSEISEN (1773-1828) Über den Bau der Lungen. Eine von der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gekrönte Preisschrift ... Mit 6 colorirten Kupfertafeln. A. Rücker 1822 2nd Edition 2 p.l., 28 p. VI col. pl. 51 cm.

Reisseisen was a German anatomist, the first to describe bronchial smooth muscles from work based on careful dissection with the aid of a hand lens. In 1804 the Berlin Akademie der Naturwissenschaften offered a prize for the best essay on the structure and function of the lungs. The prize was won by Reisseisen.

Cited references: Wellcome IV p. 501 ; Cushing R92 ; Choulant-Frank p.309

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