Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1970.5

SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER (1831-1899) Atlas schématique du système nerveux; origins, ramifications, anastomoses des nerfs, leur distribution dans les muscles et la peau. Masson 1888 Translated from the 3rd edition. 20 p. ill.

Flower was an English comparative anatomist and surgeon with particular authority on the primate brain. He served as an assistant surgeon in the Army Medical Service during the Crimean war, but retired in 1855 due to poor health. In 1857 he joined the staff at the Middlesex Hospital as a Demonstrator in Anatomy. During his time at Middlesex, he held a variety of positions from assistant-surgeon to curator of the anatomical museum. In 1884 he was appointed as director of the Natural History Museum in London.