Dutch Golden Age physician, anatomist, poet and playwright (1649-1713)

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Govaert Bidloo. Line engraving by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Bidloo and Cowper, anatomists / by Fenwick Beekman.

Govert Bidloo en de anatomie van het aangezicht, drie honderd jaar geleden / Dhr C. Gysel.

Glandularum quarundam, nuper detectarum, ductuumque earum excretoriorum, descriptio, cum figuris: cui accessit # ... etc / A Gulielmo Cowper.

Responsio ad Godefridi Bidloi, libellum, cui nomen Vindicarum inscripsit / [Frederik Ruysch].

Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

Anatomia humani corporis / centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis, demonstrata.

The head of a dead man with the mouth open showing interior, with details of tonsil and other parts of mouth and throat. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo and W. Cowper, 1798.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Superficial anatomy of the woman: anterior view. Engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713

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The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Superficial anatomy of the woman: anterior view. Engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.