1673 MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694)
Dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in ovo.
This and the De ovo incubato (No. 468) placed the study of embryology on a sound basis, surpassing in accuracy all other contemporary work on the subject and foreshadowing some of the more important general lines of r…
GMN 469 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1273
1816 TIEDEMANN, Friedrich (1781 – 1861)
Anatomie und Bildungsgeschichte des Gehirns im Foetus des Menschen: nebst einer vergleichenden Darstellung des Hirnbaues in den Thieren.
Digital facsimile from Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg at this link.
GMN 11178 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13375
1887 HIS, Wilhelm Sr. (1831 – 1904)
Zur Geschichte der menschlichen Rückenmarkes und der Nervenwurzeln.
This is generally considered the first clear statement that nerve cells in the brain might be independent units rather than forming an anastomotic network—as Gerlach, Golgi, and most others believed—although there are…
GMN 1368.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1720
1889 HIS, Wilhelm Sr. (1831 – 1904)
Die Neuroblasten und deren Entstehung im embryonalen Mark.
In this paper on neuroblasts (young neurons) and their development in the embryonic spinal cord, His coined the term, “dendrite,” for what had been called protoplasmic processes since the term was introduced by Deiter…
GMN 7335 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9506
1895 DONALDSON, Henry Herbert (1857 – 1938)
The growth of the brain.
GMN 1425 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2162
1901 SABIN, Florence Rena (1871 – 1953)
An atlas of the medulla and midbrain: A laboratory manual.
GMN 11180 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13377
1904 HIS, Wilhelm Sr. (1831 – 1904)
Die Entwickelung des menschlichen Gehirns, während der ersten Monate.
"This final summary of brain development, published in the year of his death, contains a wealth of classic illustrations that have been adapted ever since in textbooks" (Larry W. Swanson).
GMN 7339 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9510
1908 LEVI, Giuseppe (1892 – 1965)
I ganglî cerebrospinali. Studi di istologia comparata e di istogenesi.
"Using comparative and developmental approaches he examined dorsal root ganglion cells in the embryos of 18 vertebrate species, and adults of 56 species—using a variety of histological stains, particularly those of Go…
GMN 7342 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9513
1912 STREETER, George Linius (1873 – 1948)
The development of the nervous system. Keibel & Mall (eds.) Manual of human embryology, vol. 2, pp. 1-156.
GMN 11181 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13378
1919 –1929 HOCHSTETTER, Ferdinand (1861 – 1954)
Beiträge zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des menschlichen Gehirns. 2 vols.
Considered the most extensive account of human cerebellar development. "Hochstetter carried out detailed work on the embryology of the human brain, and his beautiful figures have been reproduced in textbooks ever sinc…
GMN 7345 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9517
1938 BARBÉ, André
Recherches sur l'embryologie du système central de l'homme.
GMN 11179 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13376
1994 O'RAHILLY, Ronan (1921 – 2018); MÜLLER, Fabiola
The embryonic human brain: An atlas of developmental stages.
"The first work devoted to the staged, embryonic human brain."
GMN 11177 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13374
1996 HILL, Mark
Historic Embryology Papers.
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Historic_Embryology_Papers#Introduction "Introduction The linked papers are intended to give some historic background to Embryology. Historically, say pre-20th c…
GMN 11183 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13380
