An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16076 entries, 14164 authors and 1948 subjects. Updated: January 31, 2025

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  • 14095

Grundzüge einer Biologie der menschlichen Plazenta. Mit besonderer Berücksichtig der Fragen der fötalen Ernährung.

Vienna: W. Braumüller, 1905.

Discovery of Hofbauer cells, oval eosinophilic histiocytes with granules and vacuoles found in the placenta, which are of mesenchymal origin, in mesoderm of the chorionic villus, particularly numerous in early pregnancy. Digital facsmile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.



Subjects: BIOLOGY › Cell Biology, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS
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