LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO CALDANI (1725-1813) and FLORIANO CALDANI (1772-1836). Icones anatomicae., 1801-1813 Leopoldo Caldani was chair of anatomy at Padua, and was assisted in the publication of his anatomical works by his nephew, Floriano Caldani, also a professor at Padua. Together, they created this massive, beautiful compilation of the best anatomic representations of past years.Continue reading “Icones Anatomicae, 1801-1813 | February 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
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Johannes Dryander | June 2016 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
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”
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”