De Venarum Ostiolis

Item

Open book, showing a black-and-white illustration of the veins in the arms.
Title
De Venarum Ostiolis
Description
In this book, the 16th-century Italian surgeon Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente illustrates and details veins and valves. While Fabricius did not discover vein valves, his writing in De Venarum Ostiolis contains their earliest known detailed description. This book was highly influential to the work of William Harvey, an English physician who was the first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body. This edition contains a biographical introduction, facsimile with reproductions of its original plates, and notes on the size of these plates.
Contributor
Franklin, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James), 1897-1966. [introduction author, translator, annotator]
Creator
Fabricius, ab Aquapendente, approximately 1533-1619
Date
1603 [original text published]
1933 [facsimile published]
Format
16.4cm x 24.6cm x 1.9cm
Identifier
QM191 .F3 1933
Publisher
Thomas, Charles C. (Springfield, IL)
Type
Book
Original Format
Book
Tag
16th-century physicians
16th-century texts
Facsimiles
Italian surgeons
Surgeons
Item sets
Medical Texts in Facsimile
Site pages
17th Century Books