Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 971

JOHN HUNTER (1728-1793) Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy. J. J. Haswell & Co. 1840 479 pp. 22.5 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 968

One of Hunter's major works, this book contains many of his studies and observations, including those on the descent of the testis into the scrotum, the structure of the placenta, the mechanism of digestion, the air sac in birds, the secondary sexual characteristics of the free-martin and pheasant, and his original description of the olfactory nerves.

Cited references: Cushing H510 (1st ed., 1786); Garrison-Morton 309 (1st ed.); Osler 1222 (1st ed.); Russell 445 (1st ed.); Waller 11845 (1st ed.); Wellcome III, p. 317 (1st ed.)