COITER, Volcher (1534 – 1576)
1534 – 1576
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Unknown author Unknown author · Allen, Elsa G. (1951) The History of American Ornithology before Audubon. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Ser. 41(3):387-591. · Public domain
1572 CE–1573 CE
#1539
Externarum et internarum principalium humani corporis partium tabulae.
Coiter made several important contributions to the study of human anatomy, and was the first to elevate comparative anatomy to the rank of an independent branch of biology. His Externarum et internarum principalium hu…
1575 CE
#284
Lectiones Gabrielis Falloppi de partibus similaribus humani corporis, ex diversis exemplari eus a Volchero Coiter summa cum diligentia collecta. His accessere diversorum animalium sceletorum explicationes iconibus artificiosis, et genuinis illustratae.
Coiter, a pupil of Fallopius and Eustachius, became town physician of Nuremberg. His book on comparative osteology, contained in his edition of the lectures of Fallopius, extended his studies begun in his work of 1572…