title: The discovery of perforating veins.
abstract: Many authors of the 19th century are erroneously credited for their discovery of perforating veins. In this report, we show the first representations of perforating veins, dated 1793. These are from the German anatomist Justus Christian Von Loder, who correctly described most of the groups of perforating veins we currently know. These drawings have never appeared in the modern literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. alberto.caggiati@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caggiati
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D014680:Veins