ALBINUS, BERNARD SIEGFRIED


Meaning of ALBINUS, BERNARD SIEGFRIED in English

born Feb. 24, 1697, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg

died Sept. 9, 1770, Leiden, Neth.

German-born Dutch anatomist.

A professor at the University of Leiden, he is best known for the excellent engravings in his Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body (1747). He was the first to show the connection of the vascular systems of mother and fetus. With Hermann Boerhaave , he edited the works of Andreas Vesalius and William Harvey .

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.      Краткая энциклопедия Британика.