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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie. 2 vols.

Publication Details

Berlin: Veit & Co., 1846 CE–1848 CE.

Vol. 2 was published in 1846; Vol. 1 in 1848. Digital facsimiles of both vols. from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. Siebold was the author of  Vol. 1, on invertebrates; he introduced the taxa Arthropoda and Rhizopoda, and defined the taxon Protozoa specifically for single-celled organisms. Vol. 1 was translated into English and edited with notes and additions by Waldo I. Burnet as Comparative anatomy (London: Trubner & Co.; Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1854). Digital facsimile of the English translation from Google Books at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#331
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/215
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLlehrbuch-der-vergleichenden-anatomie

Geographic Context

Publication place: Berlin

Mentioned in annotation: London; Boston