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De ovi mammalium et hominis genesi.

Publication Details

Leipzig: L. Vossius, 1827 CE.

Announces Baer’s discovery of the mammalian ovum, the culmination of a search begun by scientists at least as early as the work of de Graaf in the 17th century (No. 1209). The pamphlet was reprinted in facsimile in Isis, 1931, 16, 315-30. English translation by C. D. O’Malley, Isis, 1956, 47, 117-53.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#477
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1360
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-ovi-mammalium-et-hominis-genesi

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leipzig