Table I.

Contents of Frederik Ruysch's Written Legacy

Original title (abbreviated)	Title code a	Year	Contents
Opera Omnia, volume 1		1721–1728
Historia vitae		1732	Biography on Ruysch
Dilucidatio valvularum	Dil Valv	1665	Treatise on vascular valves & 26 clinical observations
Observationum anatomico‐chirurgicarum	Obs Cent	1691	100 clinical observations
Museum anatomicum Ruyschianum	Mus Anat	1691	Descriptions of collected specimens
Epistola anatomica I		1695	Correspondence with Gaubius
Epistola anatomica II		1695	Correspondence with Gaubius
Epistola anatomica III		1695	Correspondence with Gaubius
Epistola anatomica IV		1696	Correspondence with Campdomercus
Epistola anatomica V		1696	Correspondence with Frentz
Epistola anatomica VI		1696	Correspondence with Graetz
Epistola anatomica VII		1696	Correspondence with Graetz
Epistola anatomica VIII		1696	Correspondence with Graetz
Epistola anatomica IX		1697	Correspondence with Goehlicke
Epistola anatomica X		1697	Correspondence with Keerwolff
Epistola anatomica XI		1698	Correspondence with Wolf
Epistola anatomica XII		1699	Correspondence with Ettmüller
Epistola anatomica XIII		1700	Correspondence with Wedel
Epistola anatomica XIV	Ep Anat XIV	1701	Correspondence with Van Reverhorst
Epistola anatomica XV		1704	Correspondence with Graetz
Epistola anatomica XVI		1713	Correspondence with Vater
Responsio ad Godefridi Bidloi libellum		1721	Answer to Bidloo on his treatise
Adversariorum anatomico‐medico‐chir. decas prima	Adv Dec I	1717	10 clinical remarks
Adversariorum anatomico‐medico‐chir. decas secunda	Adv Dec II	1720	10 clinical remarks
Adversariorum anatomico‐medico‐chir. decas tertia	Adv Dec III	1723	10 clinical remarks
Opera Omnia, volume 2		1721–1728
Thesaurus animalium primus		1710	Descriptions of collected animal Specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus I	Thes Anat I	1701	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus II	Thes Anat II	1702	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus III	Thes Anat III	1703	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus IV	Thes Anat IV	1704	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus V		1705	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus VI	Thes Anat VI	1705	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus VII	Thes Anat VII	1707	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus VIII	Thes Anat VIII	1709	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus IX	Thes Anat IX	1714	Descriptions of collected specimens
Thesaurus anatomicus X	Thes Anat X	1716	Descriptions of collected specimens
Curae posteriores	Cur Post	1724	Descriptions of collected specimens
Curae renovatae	Cur Reno	1728	Descriptions of collected specimens
Tractatio anatomica de musculo in fundo uteri	Trac Anat	1723	Treatise on morphology of uterus and Placenta
Epistola problematica Bohlii		1726	Correspondence with Bohlius
Epistola problematica Hecqueti		1726	Correspondence with Hecquet
Epistola problematica Vateri		1726	Correspondence with Vater
Epistola problematica Boerhavi		1722	Correspondence with Boerhaave
Other works
Catalogus Musaei Ruyschiani	Cat Mus	1731	Auction catalogue of Ruysch's second collection
Observations Anatomiques et Chirurgicales,		1734	French translation of the 100 clinical observations
Ruysch's Practical Observations in Surgery and Midwifry		1751	English translation of the 100 clinical observations

^aTitle codes of the relevant sections of the Collected Works are used in the text and in Table II to refer to specimen and case descriptions.