Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1648

FRIEDRICH ARNOLD (1803-1890) Icones nervorum capitis. Sumtibus J. C. B. Mohrii 1860 2nd ed. 34 pp., 9 leaves of plates (8 part. col.), each accompanied by a duplicate outline plate. 46.2 cm.

Arnold studied medicine with his older brother, Johann Wilhelm (1801-1873), at Heidelberg where they both graduated in 1825. He toured the medical and natural history institutions of Paris with his brother in 1826 and, that fall, became prosector of anatomy at Heidelberg. In 1835 he accepted a call to go to Zurich as professor and director of the anatomical institute. Arnold was successively professor of anatomy and physiology at Freiburg in 1840, Tübingen in 1845, and again at Heidelberg from 1852 until the end of his career. He made a number of contributions to our knowledge of the internal structure of the brain and many locations bear his name. He described the arcuate nuclei and the otic ganglion, the auricular branch of the vagus nerve and its canal, and the superior ligament of the incus. Arnold wrote a number of books, some in partnership with his brother, and made other contributions to the scientific periodicals of his day. The present work was first published in 1834, the same year he was promoted to extraordinary professor of medicine at Heidelberg. Expertly lithographed with delicately colored plates, the brain and skull are depicted in life size. The plates illustrate the brain's structure, especially the superficial and deep nerves and blood vessels.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.