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COLOMBO, REALDO. De re anatomica libri XV. [8], 495, [1] pages. Small 8vo, modern 1/2 mottled sheep, missing piece from top of spine; minor soiling at beginning and end, partial light dampstaining on opening leaves, old signature on title. Wellcome Historical Medical Library bookplate (withdrawn). Paris: André Wechel, 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; Fulton, Michael Servetus, pages 41-42.
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