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Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus de respiratione usuque pulmonum.

Publication Details

Leiden: apud Danielem, Abraham, et Adrian, à Gaasbeeck, 1667 CE.

Swammerdam’s earliest published work. In it he recorded his discovery that the lungs of newborn infants will float on water if respiration has taken place, an important medico-legal point.

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Entry Number#1724
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3011
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLtractatus-physicoanatomicomedicus-de-respiratione-usuque-pulmonum

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leiden