Oct 09, 2003 - Sale 1979

Sale 1979 - Lot 330

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
WHARTON, THOMAS. Adenographia; sive, Glandularum totius corporis descriptio. 4 engraved plates. [24], 261, [3] pages, including final blank. 24mo, modern boards. Nijmegen: apud Andream ab Hoogenhuyse, 1664

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"Adenographia gave the first thorough account of the glands of the human body" (Garrison-Morton). Wharton named the thyroid gland and discovered the duct named for him of the submaxillary salivary gland. Garrison-Morton 1116; Norman 2228 (1656 original edition). Krivatsy 12975; Russell (1963) 856 (this edition).