HORNER, William Edmonds (1793 – 1853)
1793 – 1853
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
1824 CE
#1494
Description of a small muscle of the internal commissure of the eyelids.
Homer described the tensor tarsi (Horner’s) muscle, supplying the lacrimal apparatus. It was first described by Du Verney in 1749
1824 CE
#11315
Report on the state of the anatomical museum of the University of Pennsylvania, 30th June, 1824.
This 36-page pamphlet is the earliest printed record of Caspar Wispar's museum collection. It was augmented by William Horner, whom Wistar appointed to manage the collection. The combined collections beame known as th…
1829 CE
#2287
A treatise on pathological anatomy.
First American work on pathology. Horner was Professor of Anatomy at Pennsylvania, and made several anatomical discoveries.