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BROWNE, John (1642 – 1702)

BROWNE, John (1642 – 1702)

1642 – 1702

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Engraver Robert White · npg.org.uk · Public domain

1684 CE

#11684

Myographia nova, or a graphical description of all the muscles in the human body; with one and forty copper-plates.

Browne's treatise on the muscles consisted of six lectures, illustrated by copperplates. It was, however, a plagiarism, as was pointed out by James Yonge: it put together text from the Muskotomia by William Molins wit…

1685 CE

#3613

A remarkable account of a liver, appearing glandulous to the eye.

First description of cirrhosis of the liver.