Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1400

GILBERT BRESCHET (1784-1845) Études anatomiques physiologiques et pathologiques de l'oeuf dans l'espèce humaine et dans quelques-unes des principales familles des animaux vertébrés. J.-B. Baillière 1833 144 pp., 6 leaves of plates: fold. illus. (1 col.). 27.2 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1399

This monograph is an extract from Mémoires de l'Académie royale de médecine, Tome II, 1833. In it, the author traces the development of the fetus from the time of conception until birth. He also includes descriptions of embryonic and fetal development which lead to parturition and birth defects. The six large leaves of lithographed plates depict the various stages of fetal development.

Cited references: Waller 1446

Gift of John Martin, M.D.