Author: HEUSINGER, C.Fr.- Otology.-
Title: Specimen malae conformationis organorum auditus humani rarissimum et memoratu dignissimum descripsit Carolus Fredericus Heusinger. Cum tribus Tabulis Aeri Incisis.
Description: Jenae, Typis et sumptibus Maukianis, 1824. Folio [meas. appr. 24 x 39 cm]. W. 4 ills. on 3 pls. (1 full page lithogr. ['auf Stein von H.Müller. E. Schenk ad. nat. del.'], 2 half page engrs. on 1 plate (numbered 2 & 4), 1 full page engr. (numbered 3) ['E.Schenk ad nat: del']). Later 19th century dull grey-blue paper covers. [n2, 1 - 8 in 2s]. (IV, 32 pp., followed by 3 plates). (Printed title some foxing along extremities, a few chips; throughout light to medium browning and mild to medium foxing; Corners of the paper a bit dogeared, some fraying, a few chips.). Hirsch vol. III, pp. 207- 209: Heusinger (1792 - 1883) was professor of practical medicine in Marburg, and one of the founders of comparative pathology and medical geography: Guyot p. 296. A case of congential malformation of the auditory organs in a stillborn [?] child. Rare.

Keywords: Latin illustrated books engravings lithography pathological anatomy hearing inner ear function teratology