Collection of case histories including the description of an "orang-outang," actually an Angolan ape, the first brought live to Europe. "Tulp . . . made numerous contributions to anatomy and pathology in this work, including his description of the ileocecal valve ('Tulp's valve'), whose discovery he shared with Gaspard Bauhin"--Norman 2114 (1641 original edition). Krivatsy 12008; Willems 1155 (this edition).
