Volcher Coiter
Volcher Coiter | |
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Groningen | |
| Died | 2 June 1576 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anatomy |
| Academic advisors | Ulisse Aldrovandi Gabriele Falloppio Bartolomeo Eustachi Guillaume Rondelet |
Volcher Coiter (also spelled Coyter or Koyter;
anatomist who established the study of comparative osteology and first described cerebrospinal meningitis. He also studied the human eye and was able to demonstrate the replenishment of the aqueous humor
. Coiter's muscle is a name sometimes used for the corrugator superciliaris that is involved in wrinkling of the eyebrow. He illustrated his works with his own meticulously detailed drawings.
Biography
Coiter was born in a
Champagne during the German forces' return march.[1][2] His widow Helena was forced to deal with his debts.[3]
His works included Externarum et Internarum Principalium Humani Corporis Partium Tabulae (1572)
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1575 portrait of Coiter in Nürnberg with an écorché -
Illustration of a foetus by Coiter -
Illustration of human skull by Coiter -
Skeletons of quadrupeds -
More quadrupeds -
Skeletons of vertebrates including a freak chicken -
Classification by skeletal characters
References
- ^ ISSN 0950-222X.
- JSTOR 25805403.
- JSTOR 24619758.
- ^ Externarum et internarum principalium humani corporis partium tabulae... (in Latin) (1572), 1st ed., Nuremberg: Théodore Gerlatzen. at the Internet Archive
- ISBN 978-0-691-18397-8.
- PMID 33944207.
- PMID 33944230.
- PMID 33943185.
- JSTOR 1005629.
- JSTOR 25803952.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-674-64485-4.
External links
- . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- Lectiones Gabrielis Fallopii, de Partibus similaribus humani corporis, ex diversis exemplaribus a Volchero Coiter (Scanned work, 1575)
- Externarum et internarum principalium humani corporis partium tabulae (1572) (Internet Archive)
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