Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1536

ERNST HEINRICH WEBER (1795-1878) Anatomia comparata nervi sympathici. Apud C. H. Reclam 1817 182 pp., 5 plates (part fold.), 2 accompanied by duplicate outline plates. 20.9 cm.

Professor of anatomy and physiology at Leipzig for many years, Weber, together with his brother Eduard Friedrich, made what is regarded as one of the greatest physiological discoveries when they demonstrated the inhibitory powers of the vagus nerve on the heart. Weber did further work on the hydrodynamics of the circulatory system, including the first accurate measurement of the velocity of the pulse-wave. In 1846 he completed his classic work on touch and temperature sense (Der Tastsinn und das Gemeingefühl) in which he showed that sensation can be separated into visceral and muscular components. The present work, an early exposition on the autonomic nervous system, provided the background for some of Weber's later discoveries.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1316; Waller 10134

Gift of John Martin, M.D.