Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 695.5

CLOPTON HAVERS (1657-1702) Osteologia nova. Apud Georgium Wilhelmum Kühnium, Bibliop. Ulmens 1692 [16], 343, [39] pages , 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations. 18 cm.

Havers was an English physician who did pioneering research on the microstructures of the bone. He was the first to describe Haversian canals and Sharpey’s fibres. Osteologia nova is his only book.

Cited references: Morton, 387; Waller, 4153; Krivatsy, 5364; Osler, 2911; Wellcome III, p. 225

John Martin, M.D. Endowment