KARL ERNST VON BAER (1792-1876). De ovi mammalium et hominis genesi. Leipzig: Sumptibus L. Vossii, 1827. Baer was an early pioneer of modern embryology who, through painstaking and patient effort, investigated germ cell line-age of a variety of species, firmly establishing embryology as a comparative science. While a professor in Königsberg, Baer wrote his most significantContinue reading “February 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Karl Ernst von Baer”