Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 951

PETRUS CAMPER (1722-1789) Demonstrationum anatomico-pathologicarum. Apud Joann. Schreuder et Petrum Mortier Juniorem 1760-1762 Vol. I: [6] 22 [2] pp.; Vol. II: [4] 24 [2] pp., 8 plates. 63.2 cm.

Camper, a Dutch physician, anatomist, and naturalist, was also an artist of great skill who illustrated all of his works. As an investigative anatomist, he made his mark as an anthropologist and craniologist. He made many original contributions to medicine, among them his discoveries of the processus vaginalis of the peritoneum and of the fibrous structures of the eye. Along with Albinus, Camper did much to influence trends in anatomic illustration toward making the figures lifelike and practical for the use of surgeons. The beautiful plates in this large volume are almost life-size.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 285; Cushing C46; Waller 1723 (Vol. II only); Wellcome II, p. 293

Gift of John Martin, M.D.