Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 517

THOMAS BARTHOLIN (1616-1680) De pulmonum substantia & motu diatribe. Typis Henrici Gódiani, Prostant apud P. Hauboldum 1663 [8] 127 (misnumbered 107), [9] pp., 2 plates. 16 cm.

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Bartholin has here written a treatise strongly disputing Malpighi's views on the substance and function of the lungs. Malpighi's epoch-making letters describing the capillary network in the frog lung (see No. 569) are included as an appendix.

See Related Record(s): 518 569

Cited references: Osler 1936; Waller 727; Wellcome II, p. 108

Gift of John Martin, M.D.