PFLUG, J.P.G. (+) (EXUPERE JOSEPH BERTIN).

Herrn Bertin's Vollständige Abhandlung der Osteologie oder Knochenlehre aus dem Französischen übersezt. 2 vols (of 4).

Kopenhagen, 1777.

8vo. In contemporary half calf with red title-label pasted on to spine. Top 5 cm of spine detached. Wear to extremities. Internally fine. (8), 168, (2), 296 pp. + 2 folded plates. 

German translation of Bertin's Traité D'ostéologie (1754). 
Exupere Joseph Bertin (1712 - 1781) was a French anatomist born in Tremblay (Ille-et-Vilaine), Brittany. He was the father of cardiologist René-Joseph-Hyacinthe Bertin (1757-1828). He served as regent of the Académie Nationale de Médecine in Paris and was "first physician" to the royal army. He is remembered for his research on the renal system. His best known written work is in the field of osteology, Traité D'ostéologie (1754, 4 volumes).
The columns of Bertin are named after him, as are "Bertin's ossicles" (sphenoidal conchae) and "Bertin's ligament" (iliofemoral ligament).

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