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Description
Published nearly 150 years after Eustachius' death, Lancisius tracked down the 39 anatomical plates from the descendants of Pier Matteo Pini, Eustachius' assistant. The plates were probably drawn by Eustachius himself, or Pini.
Eustachius' anatomical skill and investigative policy were best indicated in his study of the most inaccessible anatomical structures of the body, the auditory tube. He was first to accurately describe the chorda tympani as a nerve and outline its course. Though Vesalius identified the tensor tympani, he did not recognize it as a muscle. Eustachius accurately described it. In addition to these structures and the auditory tube, he went on to discover the modiolus and the membranous zone of the spiral lamina of the inner ear. Considering the fact that investigations involving those structures and the auditory tube are timorously undertaken, even today, the inquisitiveness of Eustachius seems astounding.
Eustachius' anatomical skill and investigative policy were best indicated in his study of the most inaccessible anatomical structures of the body, the auditory tube. He was first to accurately describe the chorda tympani as a nerve and outline its course. Though Vesalius identified the tensor tympani, he did not recognize it as a muscle. Eustachius accurately described it. In addition to these structures and the auditory tube, he went on to discover the modiolus and the membranous zone of the spiral lamina of the inner ear. Considering the fact that investigations involving those structures and the auditory tube are timorously undertaken, even today, the inquisitiveness of Eustachius seems astounding.
Title
Tabulae anatomicae clarissimi viri Bartholomaei Eustachii...
Creator
Eustachi, Bartolomeo, -1574
Lancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720.
Lancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720.
Publisher
Amstelaedami : Apud R. & G. Wetstenios
Date
1722
Subject
Anatomy
Anatomy, Comparative
Anatomy, Comparative
Source
Contributor
Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Format
Book: xliv, 115, [13] p. (last page blank), XXXXVII leaves of plates : 47 illustrations (copperplate engravings) ; 37 cm (fol.)
Language
Latin