HIGHMORE, Nathaniel (1613 – 1685)
1613 – 1685
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1651 CE
#382
Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica.
Highmore is remembered for his description of the maxillary sinus, known eponymically as the “antrum of Highmore” (already noticed by Casserius and figured by Leonardo da Vinci), the seminal ducts and the …
1651 CE
#467.1
The history of generation…
Highmore’s account of the development of the chick is the first embryological study based on microscopical examination, predating Malpighi (No. 468) by more than twenty years. This is also the first book in Engl…