Author: Brunn, Albert von [Brunn, Ferdinand Albert Wilhelm von (1849-1895)]
Title: Untersuchungen über das Riechepithel [together with two other offprints ca. 1876-1882]
Description: [Bonn], [Verlag von Friedrich Cohen], 1876-1892. wrappers. 23x15cm, [43] pp. THREE ITEMS.. Some wear. Good. ¶ This is a collection of three offprints, each separately bound in original wrappers, all authored by Albert von Brunn, all extracts or offprints from "Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie". Includes: 1) "Untersuchungen über das Riechepithel" [1876, pagination runs 468-478 + 1 engraved plate. Contemporary blank wrappers. Worn]; 2) "Weitere Untersuchungen über das Riechepithel und sein Verhalten zum Nervus olfactorius" [1882, pagination runs 141-151 + a folding plate. Contempiorary blank wrappers]; 3) "Beiträ ge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der menschlichen Nasenhöhle" [1892, pagination runs 632-652 +2 plates. Author's presentation inscription on cover]. ["While the biographies of other prominent anatomists of the 19th century have been described in detail, little is known about Albert von Brunn. His most important scientific contributions were the description of the embryology and histology of the adrenal glands and of the Brunn epithelial nests of the urothelium which are considered pathognomonic for cystitis cystica" - PubMed website].

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