Verheyen,P. Lot n° 1467

Corporis Humani Anatomia, in qua omnia tam veterum, quam recentiorurn anatomicorum inventa. Methodo nova & intellectu facillima describuntur, ac tabulis aeneis repraesentantur. Lpz, Fritsch 1699, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 31 copper plates, 9 pp, 622 pp, 12 pp. Full paper. d. (spotted). Early edition of the most popular textbook of anatomy at the beginning of the 18th century (EA 1693). - "This work was widely used for some years after publication, superseding Bartholin in popularity" (Garrison/Morton 388, on the EA). - Lorenz Heister based his 'Compendium anatomicum (Altdorf 1717) largely on Verheyen's work. The discovery of the fermentative role of saliva is one of Verheyen's most important achievements. The venulae stellatae of the kidney are called Stellulae Verheynii after him. "Verheyen initially studied theology at Louvain but the loss of a foot through illness caused him to change to medicine, which he studied at Leiden and Louvain. He completed his medical degree at Louvain in 1683, became professor of anatomy in 1689 and of surgery in 1693" (Heirs of Hippocrates III, 663). - Somewhat stained and browned, title and front cover marked, some ink stains at the beginning.