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De formato foetu.

Publication Details

Venice: F. Bolzettam, 1600. Colophon: Laurentius Pasquatus, 1604 CE.

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 several embryos. Facsimile reprint with translation by H. B. Adelmann, 1942.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#465
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1259
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-formato-foetu

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice