Author: HOVIUS, J.
Title: Tractatus de circulari humorum motu in oculis. Ed. nova, tam re, quam figuris a praecedenti in plurimus mutata cui accedit epistola apologetica, in ... virum F. Ruyschium.
Description: Leiden, J.A.Langerak, 1716. W. 7 engr. fold. pls. Old vellum. (XX, 203, IV (errata) pp.). (Browned throughout; 1 innerhinge split.). This edition not in BMN: Not in Becker, comp. 196: ... 'Ruysch described the same circuit in 1706 and Hovius, in defence of his prior discovery of what is now eponymously known as the "Canal of Hovius", published his 'Epistola Apologetica'.': Osler 271: Waller 4943: Hirsch III, 313: Hirschberg XIII, 291 and 396: Dobson 99: The enlarged second edition with the reviews of Prof. Munnicks. Heirs of Hippocrates 461: '... a Dutch ophthalmologist and anatomist. The 'Tractatus' ... describes the 'cirvulis venosus' (Hovius' canal). Wellcome III, 306 (The Wellcome copy without the errata page present in our copy.).

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