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Historical Bibliography Updated: March 10, 2020

Embryology, anatomy, and diseases of the umbilicus together with diseases of the urachus

Publication Details

Philadelphia: Saunders, 1916 CE.

Contains the first reference to what would become known as “Cullen’s sign”, discoloration of the skin about the umbilicus, as a sign of ruptured ectopic gestation. This work contains extraordinary illustrations by Max Brödel, including a series of truly remarkable variations in belly buttons. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6124.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7598
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLembryology-anatomy-and-diseases-of-the-umbilicus-together-with-diseases-of-the-urachus

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia