Observationes anatomicae

by Giovanni Domenico Santorini

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First edition

Santorini was one of the ablest dissectors of his day. In the above work many new discoveries of anatomical details are set forth, together with corrections of some of the errors of earlier anatomists. The work describes the four major discoveries for which Santorini is known eponymically: Santorini's cartilage, Santorini's vein, Santorini's duct, and Santorini's caruncula. -Garrison-Morton First edition, with three engraved folding plates, of Santorini's most important

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