Experimenta nova circa pancreas : accedit diatribe de lympha & genuino pancreatis usu.
Brunner, Johann Conrad, 1653-1727
Amstelædami [Amsterdam]
Apud Henr. Wetstenium
1683
[16], 168, [8] p.; 16 x 10 cm
anatomia:RBAI086
Brunner performed pioneering experiments on the pancreas of dogs, extracting pancreatic juices and extirpating portions of the organ from living animals. He observed the extreme thirst and polyuria in the dogs after extirpation, and thus came close to discovering pancreatic diabetes.
Garrison & Morton 3927; H.F. Norman 362.
Jason A. Hannah Collection
Added engraved title page.
Wetstein, Henricus