Author: GRAAF, R. DE
Title: De virorum organis generationi inservientibus, de clysteribus et de usu siphonis in anatomia.
Description: Lugd. Bat & Roterod., ex Off. Hackiana, 1668. Small 8vo. W. engr. title, engr. portr. of the author (By G. Edelinck) and 11 engr. fold. pls. (On guards, mounted, some repairs). Old Vellum (Recased). (XXXII, 234, XIV pp.). (p. 170 to the end in the center of the page a tiny hole caused by a pointed object.). DSB V, pp. 484/5: 'De Graaf is rightly considered one of the creators of experimental physiology ... the problem of reproduction was vigorously debated around 1665. Many famous writers of the period devoted their works and their speculations to the problems of generation and claimed priority in bitter disputes. Only the name of De Graaf remains.': Hirsch II, 815/16: G&M 1210: 'Exact and detailed account of the male reproductive system.': Waller, 3670: Norman coll. 925: Heirs of Hippocrates 637: 'This small volume is the first edition of this classic and accurate account of the anatomy of the testicle. It contains also an account of the use of clysters and of experimental fistulae which far predates Claude Bernard and Beaumont. The eleven fold out plates of the anatomy of the male genitalia are interesting and original but of modest artistic attainment.': Wellcome III, 142: Cushing G345: Norman Sale vol. II, item 475: 'The short treatise at [the] end, De usu siphonis, introduced his contribution to anatomic injection- an improved syringe.': Krivatsy, 4909: Nordenskiöld, pp. 171/3: Needham, Hist. of embryology (2nd ed. 1959), pp. 304: Schierbeek, J. Swammerdam, 1637 - 1680, His life and works, pp. 81-84, about the priority disputes.: About the portrait DSB says: 'De Graaf's iconography deserves special mention. His likeness was engraved in 1666 by Gérard Edelinck, one of the most celebrated portraitists of the age, and is the frontispiece in a number of editions.' (See also Muller, 1939 and Van Someren at 2086).: One of the classics in the history of the reproductive system.

Keywords: genito urinary gynaecology birth medicine Vilib