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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1738

JAKOB HENLE (1809-1885) Handbuch der Eigenweidelehre des Menschen. Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn 1866 x, 836 pp., 644 illus. (part col.).

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

Henle is best known today for the loop-shaped portion of the nephron that bears his name. He first described the loop in 1862 and his findings are included in this volume on the abdominal viscera.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.

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