Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 887

ALBRECHT VON HALLER (1708-1777). Deux mémoires sur la formation des os, fondés sur des experiences. Lausanne: Chez Marc.-Mich. Bousquet, 1758. [6] 267 pp., fold. table; 16.5 cm.

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Haller, in this work, first affirmed that bones form from cartilaginous anlage and not from the periosteum.

Cited references: Wellcome III, p. 199

Gift of John Martin, M.D.