Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 571

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694) Dissertatio epistolica deformatione pulli in ovo. Apud Joannem Martyn 1673 [3] 42 pp., 4 fold. plates. 23 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 569

This important work on the developmental stages of the chicken firmly established Malpighi's reputation as an embryologist. The four plates accompanying the text far surpass previous work in this area and show the development of such fine structures as the neural groove, cerebral vesicles, aortic arches, and the optic vesicles. Also included with this treatise are seven letters between Malpighi and Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society of London.

See Related Record(s): 572

Cited references: Cushing M102; Garrison-Morton 469; Waller 6200

Gift of John Martin, M.D.