JOHANNES DRYANDER (ca. 1500-1560). Anatomiae. Marburg: Apud Eucharium Ceruicornum, 1537. Dryander (also known as Eichmann), professor of surgery at Marburg, was a friend of Vesalius and among the first anatomists who made illustrations after their own dissections. This Anatomiae appeared six years before Vesalius’ great work. This was the first significant book on the anatomyContinue reading “Johannes Dryander | June 2016 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore
Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685) Corporis Humani Disquisitio Anatomica The Hague: Ex oficina Samuelis Brown, 1651. [Image via Fisher Library Digital Collections, University of Toronto]. Nathaniel Highmore of Dorset, England was a British surgeon known for his 1651 treatise on anatomy, the first of its kind to give an accurate account of the circulatory system. Highmore studiedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore”
William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Nicholas P. Rossi, Emeritus Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine. Rossi will provide a fascinating look at the life and medical achievements of William Stewart Halsted, considered the father of modern American surgery. Halsted, who lived from 1852-1922,Continue reading “William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective”