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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Anatome medullae spinalis, et nervorum.

Publication Details

Amsterdam: apud Casparum Commelinum, 1666 CE.

The first separate work on the spinal cord. Blasius “illustrated the separate origin of the anterior and posterior roots, the dorsal root ganglia and the differentiation between the gray and white matter of the spinal cord” (McHenry). Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1354.9
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1626
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLanatome-medullae-spinalis-et-nervorum

Geographic Context

Publication place: Amsterdam