Der Bronchialbaum der Säugethiere und des Menschen, nebst Bemerkungen über den Bronchialbaum der Vögel und Reptilien.

Aeby, Christoph Theodor, 1835-1885.

Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann, 1880.

Description : [iv p.], 1-98 pp., [10] pl. ; ill.: 6 litho. pl., 4 photo. pl., fig., tab. ; 26 cm.

Photographs : 13 collotypes (Lichtdrucken) on 4 leaves (3 folding).

Photographer : M. Vollenweider & son.

Subject : Bronchia — Comparative anatomy.

Notes :

• Author caption: "Prof. Dr. Chr. Aeby in Bern."
• Photo caption: "Lichtdruck von Römmler & Jonas in Dresden."
• Photo caption: "Fig. 13[-23]."
• Aeby named the eparterial bronchus.
• Index Medicus: 20101551250, 20208271560.

Central to Aeby's model of the anatomical lung is the eparterial bronchus or that portion of the right superior bronchus rising above the pulmonary artery. All other distributions are classified as hyparterial. This provided the first nomenclature for asymmetry in the lung.