Author: Ecker, Alexander [1816-1887]
Title: Versuch einer Anatomie der primitiven Formen des Kropfs.,.,. [together with: "Ueber das Epithelium der Riechschleimhaut..,.
Description: [Freiburg im Br.], 1847-1855. 21x13cm, (41) + (16) pp, TWO ITEMS.. Some wear. Good. ¶ This is a collection of two separate extracts, both authored by Alexander Ecker. Includes: 1) "Versuch einer Anatomie der primitiven Formen des Kropfs gegründet auf Untersuchungen ü ber den normalen Bau der Schilddrüse"[n.p. n.d. (ca. 1847). 19x12cm. Caption title. Without wrappers. Disbound. An extract from ' Henle's und Pfeufer's Journal', Bd. 6. Pagination runs 123-162 + 2 engraved plates. Foxed. A tear to the margin of one plate]; TOGETHER WITH: 2) "Ueber das Epithelium der Riechschleimhaut und die wahrscheinliche Endigung der Geruchsnerven beim Menschen und den Säugenthieren" [Freiburg, 1855, Caption title. Berichte ü ber die Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Beförderung der Naturwissenschaften in Freiburg, No. 12, November 1855. Pagination runs 199-214 + 1 engraved plate. Contemporary blank wrappers. 21x13 cm. Rubbed. Good] [" Ecker was a German anthropologist and anatomist...He received his medical doctorate at Freiburg in 1 837. In 1840 he started work as a prosector at the University of Heidelberg,.. his influences included Friedrich Tiedemann, Friedrich August Benjamin Puchelt, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm Bischoff and Maximilian Joseph von Chelius. In 1844 he became a full professor at Basel, later returning to Freiburg as a professor of physiology and comparative anatomy (1850).. Ecker conducted anatomical studies of the brain, being known for his investigations of cerebral convolutions in the fetus. His name is associated with 'Ecker's fissure', also known as the petro-occipital fissure..." - wikipedia].

Keywords: History of Medicine, Goiter, Thyroid, Neurology, Olfactory Mucosa, Medicine, Physiology, Comparative Anatomy,