Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 658

THOMAS GIBSON (1647-1722) The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized. Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Tho. Flesher 1684 2nd ed. [14] 590 pp., 16 plates. 19.1 cm.

This popular handbook of anatomy was first published anonymously in 1682. Its author was Physician-General to the English army. Its popularity required this second, greatly revised and enlarged edition, the contents of which rely heavily upon Spiegel, Diemerbroeck, Thomas and Caspar Bartholin, Charleton, Glisson, Lower, Willis, Harvey, Malpighi, Wharton, Steno, Graaf, and other well-known anatomists.

Cited references: Cushing G244; Russell 315; Waller 3532 (1703 ed.); Wellcome III, p. 113

Gift of John Martin, M.D.