Exercitationes de generatione animalium. et de conceptione.

Harvey, William

Publication Date: 1680

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Den Haag : Arnold Leers, 1680, 12°, (36), 582, (2) pp., mit gestochenem Frontispiz-Titel, Ledereinband d. Zt.; Rücken an unteren Kapital restauriert, feines Expl. Neunte Ausgabe des berühmten embryologischen Werkes! "Omne vivum ex ovo" ist eine der wichtigsten Erfahrungen der Biologie. Studien an bebrüteten Hühnereiern, trächtigen Hirschkühen und Rehen brachten Harvey zu der Überzeugung: Alles Lebendige kommt aus dem Ei! Dieses zweite große Werk des Entdeckers des Blutkreislaufes bildet einen Meilenstein auf dem Gebiet der Embryologie. William Harvey's masterpiece on embryology, generation and obstetrics, a collection of observations of equal importance to his discovery of the circulation of the blood. The present edition of Harvey's great book was one of the last to appear in his lifetime. "The most important book on the subject to appear during the 17th century. William Harvey (1578-1657)was among the first to disbelieve the erroneous doctrine of the performation of the foetus; he maintained that the organisms derives from the ovum by the gradual building up and aggregations of parts. The chapter on midwifery in this book is the first work on that subject written by an Englishman. This book also demonstrates Harvey's intimate knowledge of the existing literature on the subject. He corrected many of the errors of Fabricius." Keynes, Harvey Bibliogr., no.42; Russel, British Anatomy, 382; Needham, History of Embryology, p.129ff.; Garrison & Morton No.467 (1st. Ed. 1651). Seller Inventory # 62089

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Title: Exercitationes de generatione animalium. et ...

Publication Date: 1680

Edition: 1st Edition