FABRIZIO, Girolamo [FABRICIUS AB AQUAPENDENTE] (1537 – 1619)
1537 – 1619
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
1603 CE
#757
De venarum ostiolis.
Fabricius, teacher of Harvey at Padua, discovered the venous valves, and illustrated them in life-size copperplates in this monograph. He failed to recognize their true function, however, considering their function si…
1604 CE
#465
De formato foetu.
Fabricius wrote at great length on embryology, inventing many theories, some of which were false. His illustrations marked a great advance on previous work. Fabricius recorded for the first time the dissection of seve…
1621 CE
#466