Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1734

JAKOB HENLE (1809-1885) Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie des Menschen. Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn 1855-1871 22.7 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1733

Civil disruption, caused by widespread unrest throughout the German Confederation in the late 1840s, led Henle to transfer to the University of Göttingen in 1852. When Müller (see No. 1631) died ten years later, Henle declined the University of Berlin's offer to assume Müller's professorship. Even though it was the most prestigious anatomical chair in the world, Henle preferred to work in the quiet atmosphere of Göttingen. It was there that he wrote the present work over a period of sixteen years. Comprehensive and detailed, the Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie contained all of what was then known about the structure of the human body and it was illustrated with many excellent drawings made by Henle. The book retained its value as a textbook until the functional approach to anatomy gained dominance. Even today, the work is still valuable for the study of gross human anatomy and its occasional anomalies. The works were published at different times over a sixteen year period and include the six following works.

See Related Record(s): 1631

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 417; Waller 4334 (Vols. I-II only)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.