Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 574

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694) Opera omnia. Apud Petrum vander Aa 1687 2nd ed. Vol. I: [16] 170 [22] pp.; Vol. II: 379 [37] pp., plates (part fold.). 23.5 cm.

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

This collection of Malpighi's works contains his famed work on the anatomy of plants, the embryonic development of the chick, the anatomy of the silkworm (the first monograph on an invertebrate), and one of his greatest contributions: the discovery of the existence of capillaries, which completed the chain of the circulation of the blood postulated by Harvey.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 66 (1st ed., 1686); Osler 986 (1st ed.); Waller 6202

Gift of John Martin, M.D.