Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 695.5

CLOPTON HAVERS (1657-1702) Osteologia nova, sive novæ quædam observationes de ossibus et partibus ad illa pertinentibus; quarum occasione ossium accretio & nutritio tum in genere, tum in specie, novum quoque glandularum mucilaginosarum, dictarum, genus nec non affectus quidem corporis humani præternaturales, aliaque phænomena scitu dignissima ad causus suas revocantur & exponuntur. Apud Georgium Wilhelmum Kühnium, Bibliop. Ulmens 1692 [16], 343, [39] pages , 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations. 17 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