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Table 5 Fig. 2 De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578-1625)

Spiegel and Casseri: De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

Fig. I. shows fetal side of placenta.

Fig. II. shows maternal side of placenta.

Published posthumously by Spigelius' son-in-law, the physician Liberalis L. Crema of Padua.

Text of Adriaan van de Spiegel accompanied by the plates of Giulio Casseri, edited by Liberalis Crema. Illustrations by Odoardo Fialetti, engraved by Francesco Valesio. 9 engraved pages of fetal anatomy.

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Reference

Spiegel A. and Casseri G. De formato foetu liber singularis. (1626) Padua: Io. Bap. de Martinis & Livius Pasquatus. NLM

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