Author: Tulp, Nicolas.
Title: Observationes Medicæ.
Description: Amsterdam: Apud Danielem Elseviriorum, 1672. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [8]ff. 392pp. *8, A8-Z8, Aa8, Bb4. Third edition. Contemporary mottled calf, repaired. With 20 engraved medical plates, a portrait by L. Visscher, and a frontispiece. Willems 1481; Rahir 1589; Berghman, Impressions Elzeviriennes 608; Hirsch-H. V, 657; Osler 4126; Waller 9717. "One of the earliest accounts of beri-beri is on pp. 300-305 of his work. Tulp, notable as the demonstrator in Rembrandts "Anatomy Lesson," was among the first, in the same book, to describe the ileo-caecal valve ("Tulps valve"). Good.

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