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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 26, 2020

Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie des Menschen. 3 vols.

Publication Details

Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1855 CE–1871 CE.

Considered by many authorities to be the greatest of the 19th-century systems of anatomy. Many structures are named after Henle, including the looped portion of the uriniferous tubules of the kidney, the layer of cells in the root sheath of a hair, and the ampulla of the uterine tube.

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Entry Number#417
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/953
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External URLhandbuch-der-systematischen-anatomie-des-menschen-3-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Braunschweig