Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 966

JOHANN GOTTFRIED ZINN (1727-1759) Descriptio anatomica oculi humani. Apud viduam B. Abrami Vandenhoeck 1755 [16] 272 pp., 7 fold. plates. 23.5 cm.

Zinn, one of Haller's best pupils at Göttingen, became professor of medicine there. Although he died very young, he produced this important book on the anatomy of the eye which is a fundamental work in the history of ophthalmology. His name is preserved in those of several of the finer structures of the eye: the central artery of Zinn, circulet of Zinn, zonule of Zinn, etc. Included in the volume are seven excellent folding plates.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1484; Waller 10493

Gift of John Martin, M.D.