Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 786

GIOVANNI DOMENICO SANTORINI (1681-1736) Observationes anatomicae. Apud Jo. Baptistam Recurti 1724 [12] 250 pp., 3 fold. plates. 27.4 cm.

At a time when the European universities were making great strides in anatomical discovery and publication, Santorini was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the greatest anatomists. This work records a number of new anatomical discoveries and corrects many errors of earlier anatomists. Santorini's skill and expertise were so outstanding that his name lives on in such anatomical structures as the accessory pancreatic ducts, risorius muscle, arytenoid cartilages, and duodenal papillae, several of which are described in this book. The text is accompanied by three folding copperplates which beautifully illustrate the musculature of the face, the pelvic musculature and genitalia of a sixteen-year-old girl with a tubal pregnancy, the external muscles of the ear, and detailed anatomy of the male genitalia and larynx.

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Cited references: Choulant-Frank, pp. 262-263; Garrison-Morton 392; Waller 8474

Gift of John Martin, M.D.