Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1326

JEAN FRéDéRIC LOBSTEIN (1777-1835) Recherches et observations anatomico-physiologiques sur la position des testicules dans le bas-ventre du foetus et leur descente dans la scrotum. Louis Eck 1801 [6] 50 pp. 21.4 cm.

Lobstein, whose father and uncle were also prominent Alsatian physicians, was educated at Strasbourg where he received his medical degree in 1803. He later became professor of medicine and pathological anatomy at the university. His work and interests included anatomy, pathology, embryology, and physiology. The accessory ganglion of the greater splanchnic nerve is named after him and he was the first to use the term arteriosclerosis in his Traité d'anatomie pathologique (Paris, 1829-1833). The present essay is one of his earliest publications and was a presentation copy inscribed by Lobstein to J. F. Th. Rainbach of Frankfurt and dedicated to his favorite medical teacher--Thomas Lauth (1758-1826), professor of anatomy and surgery at Strasbourg.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.