Nicolaas Tulp - Observationes Medicae...

<p><em>Heirs of Hippocrates</em>, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">464: &laquo;</span>Along with other distinguished anatomists in Holland, Tulp [...] left a rich legacy of anatomical discoveries. His name is current in the eponym &quot;Tulp's velve&quot; (the ileocecal valve) and his face is familiar as the central figure in Rembrandt's painting, &quot;Doctor Nicolaas Tulp Demonstrating the Anatomy of the Arm&quot;, which hangs in The Hague. The present work [...] was first published in 1641. This enlarged edition contains the first description of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria.&raquo;; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton </span>3737; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Waller </span>9716; cfr. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Osler </span>4126.</p>