Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 538

THOMAS WILLIS (1621-1675) Cerebri anatome: cui accessit Nervorum descriptio et usus. Typis Ja. Flesher, Impensis Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry 1664 [39] 456 pp., 15 plates (11 fold.). 19 cm.

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Willis' Cerebri anatome was "the most complete and accurate account of the nervous system which had hitherto appeared. . . . Its illustrations are by Sir Christopher Wren. Willis' classification of the cerebral nerves held the field until the time of Soemmerring" (Garrison-Morton 1378). Included are his descriptions of the "circle of Willis" and the cranial nerve now called the "nerve of Willis."

Cited references: Cushing W211; Garrison-Morton 1378; Osler 4249; Russell 866; Waller 10315

Gift of John Martin, M.D.