Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
valve of Hei·ster Pronunciation:
-'hI-st&r Function:
noun : SPIRALVALVE Heister,
Lorenz (1683–1758), German anatomist and surgeon. Heister was one of the founders of scientific surgery. His works on medicine, anatomy, andsurgery were widely read for several generations. His main work, a general treatise on surgery, was originally published in 1718 and eventually translated into seven languages. Another major work wasan illustrated compendium of anatomical structures that was first published in 1717. It includes the description of the spiral valve that is sometimes known as the valve of Heister.
