Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 458

CASPAR BARTHOLIN (1585-1629) Institutiones anatomicae. Apud Franciscum Hackium 1641 [xx] 408 [12] 409-496 [44] pp., illus., 8 fold. plates. 18.2 cm.

The Bartholin family--Caspar, Thomas (see No. 512 ff.), and Caspar secundus (1655-1738)--made many contributions to Danish medicine during the seventeenth century when ducts, glands, and blood vessels were recognized as conduits for body fluids rather than as static tubes or reservoirs. Caspar secundus gave the family name to the major sublingual duct and to Bartholin's glands at the vaginal orifice. Thomas is known for his description of the thoracic duct and his work with the lymphatic vessels. Thomas also edited and republished many of Caspar's writings including the present work. It was first published in 1611 and went through four editions as well as several translations. The majority of the book's seventy anatomical engravings and eight folding plates were taken from the work of other anatomists. Many of the engravings of the brain were drawn by Sylvius and appear in print for the first time in this edition. The work also contains the Epistolae duae . . . de motu sanguinis of Johannes Walaeus, an ardent supporter of Harvey.

See Related Record(s): 512

Cited references: Cushing B96; Waller 702 (1645 ed.); Wellcome II, p. 106

Gift of John Martin, M.D.