WILLIS, Thomas. Cerebri anatome nervorumque descriptio et usus. Amsterdam: 1664. 12°, engraved plates (about half the plates with clean but deep tears, 2 leaves with upper blank corner torn away), contemporary calf; and 6 others of medical interest, published between 1548 and 1650. (7)

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WILLIS, Thomas. Cerebri anatome nervorumque descriptio et usus. Amsterdam: 1664. 12°, engraved plates (about half the plates with clean but deep tears, 2 leaves with upper blank corner torn away), contemporary calf; and 6 others of medical interest, published between 1548 and 1650.
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Willis's Cerebri anatome is recognised as the first reliable and comprehensive account of the nervous system. It is the work which coined the term "neurology". This edition appeared in the same year as the first edition which was published in London in a larger 4to. size.

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