Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1834

ALEXANDER ECKER (1816-1887). The cerebral convolutions of man. New York: D. Appleton, 1873. Translated by Robert T. Edes. 87 pp., illus; 23 cm.

Ecker was professor of anatomy at the University of Freiburg in Baden where he distinguished himself as a first-rate investigator. This work on brain convolutions and their development was first published in 1869 in Germany under the title Die Himwindungen des Menschen nach eigenen Untersuchungen.

Cited references: Cushing E3 (London ed., 1873)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.