Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 952

PETRUS CAMPER (1722-1789) Verhandeling over het natuurlijk verschil der wezenstrekken in menschen van onderscheiden landaart en ouderdom; over het schoon in antyke beelden en gesneedene steenen. B. Wild en J. Altheer 1791 viii, 108 pp., plates (part fold.). 27.9 cm.

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This work on cephalometry, in which Camper first described the facial angle (or Camper's line), probably has done more to perpetuate Camper's name than his work as an anatomist and artist. Loosely inserted in the book are five drawings of physiognomies referring to Camper's work presented in 1932 to a previous owner.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 286; Waller 1740; Wellcome II, p. 293

Gift of John Martin, M.D.