1653 BOREL, Pierre [BORELLUS.] (1620 – 1689)

Historiarum et observationum medico-physicarum centuria prima (-secunda).

The first work to apply microscopy to medicine. Borel described 200 observations and applications; he probably saw the blood corpuscles and Sarcoptes scabiei.

GMN 260 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8733