Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 544

JEAN PECQUET (1622-1674) Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur. Ex officina Cramosiana 1654 [16] 252 [2] pp., illus. 20 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 543

Riolan (see No. 450) was as bitter a critic of Pecquet as he had been of Harvey, and in this second edition Pecquet answers Riolan's criticisms with further anatomical demonstrations and a sarcastic poem. Included with both the first and second editions are several letters of support from leading scientists of the day, some of which appear in this edition for the first time.

See Related Record(s): 450

Cited references: Cushing P192; Garrison-Morton 1095 (1651 ed.); Osler 3639 (1651 ed.); Waller 7280

Gift of John Martin, M.D.