Arteriarum capitis superficialium icon nova.

508 x 364 mm. Folio. [vi], 12 pp. 1 engraved plate in 2 states (outline and detail); foxed. Original cloth-backed printed wrappers, ribbon sewn through at spine (unraveled on top cover). Bookplate of Jerry F. Donin. Very good. RARE. FIRST EDITION. In this work, Schlemm described the structure of the canal of Schlemm, giving it the term "sinus venosus." This work also contains the first description of the corneal nerves. The superb anatomical plates of the head, both finished and outlined, are of high quality and great artistic value. Schlemm discovered the annular canal through which aqueous exits the eye the "canal of Schlemm" in 1827 in the eye of a hanged man because it was filled with blood, and the corneal nerves. See: Gorin, History of ophthalmology, p. 60. REFERENCES: Albert, et al, Source book of ophthalmology, 2057; Albert & Edwards, The history of ophthalmology, p. 58; Mettler, History of medicine, p. 1032; Hirsch, V, p. 235; Schmidt, Medical discoveries, p. 75. First Edition.

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Publisher: J. W. Boike, 1830.

Year: 1830

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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