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PULMONARY CIRCULATION COLOMBO, MATTEO REALDO. De re anatomica libri XV. [8], 495, [1] pages. 8vo, 18th-century calf with gilt camel's head crest in spine compartments, spine ends chipped, front cover detached; title lightly soiled, occasional light marginal dampstaining, lacks front free endpaper. 18th-century armorial bookplate of Dr. E. Spry. Paris: apud Andream Wechelum, 1572
"Colombo was a pupil of Vesalius and succeeded him in the chair of anatomy at Padua before proceeding to chairs first at Pisa and later at Rome. His book, published just after his death, rectified a number of anatomical errors, but he plagiarized and disparaged his predecessors. He described the pulmonary circulation but may have read the account of Servetus published six years previously. He gave a clear description of the mode of action of the pulmonary, cardiac, and aortic valves"--Garrison-Morton 378.1 (1559 original edition). Durling 994 (this edition); Fulton, Michael Servetus, pages 41-42.
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