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An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving of 1649 by Renier van Persyn after a design of 1626 by Crispijn de Passe the second.

Albertus Kyper. Line engraving.

Albertus Kyper. Line engraving by J. Suyderhoeff after D. Bailly.

Fundamenta medicinae ad scholae acribologiam aptata / [Vopiscus Fortunatus Plemp].

Albert Kyper (1614-1655), adversaire déclaré de Descartes, et la formation idéale du médecin / Carlos Gysel.

Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

Institutiones physicae / Adiecta est confutatio pseud-apologematis Plempiano.

Medicinam rite discendi et exercendi methodus.

Institutiones medicae, ad hypothesin de circulari sanguinis motu compositae. Subjunguntur ejusdem transsumpta medica, quibus continentur medicinae fundamenta / [Albert Kyper].

Medicinam rite discendi et exercendi methodus / [Albertus Kyper].

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Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

Institutiones physicae / Adiecta est confutatio pseud-apologematis Plempiano.

Medicinam rite discendi et exercendi methodus.

Institutiones medicae, ad hypothesin de circulari sanguinis motu compositae. Subjunguntur ejusdem transsumpta medica, quibus continentur medicinae fundamenta / [Albert Kyper].

Medicinam rite discendi et exercendi methodus / [Albertus Kyper].