Die Missbildungen des Menschen.
Publisher Information: Leipzig: Grunow, 1880-82.
Ahlfeld, [Johann] Friedrich (1834-1929). Die Missbildungen des Menschen. Eine systematische Darstellung der beim Menschen angeboren vorkommenden Missbildungen und Erklärung ihrer Entstehungsweise. 2 vols. in 1, plus atlas. xv, 144; ix, 145-297pp. (text). Atlas consists of 49 unbound lithographed plates. Leipzig: F. W. Grunow, 1880-1882. 230 x 157 mm. (text); 455 x 351 mm. (atlas). Text bound in half morocco, hinges and corners a bit rubbed, small paper labels pasted to spine; atlas plates laid into a cloth folder with cloth ties, paper label on front cover, small dampstain on spine. Light toning, atlas plates lightly foxed, a few plate corners creased, first plate with small toned area from folder endsheets, but very good.
First Edition. Ahlfeld, a gynecologist and obstetrician, was one of several medical researchers who helped to put teratology on a scientific footing in the latter half of the nineteenth century. His Die Missbildung des Menschen gives a systematic presentation of congenital malformations in humans and explains their modes of origin. The plates reproduce images of important specimens from otherwise inaccessible sources. Garrison-Morton.com 534.66.
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