Samuel Collins (physician, born 1618)

Then he travelled on the continent, and visited many universities in France, Italy, and the Low Countries, but found none to compare with the English.

[2] William Munk says that Collins, who is mentioned in Samuel Garth's Dispensary,[a] was an accomplished anatomist, and stood foremost among his contemporaries, whether at home or abroad, in his knowledge of comparative anatomy.

[2] His great work, which embodies a full report of his original investigations, is entitled A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants.

[3] It is often referred to by Boerhaave and Haller, the latter of whom writes thus of the author and his work: Anatomen comparatam amavit, ut ipse de se fatetur; hinc magna pars operis in zootome versatur, cujus praecipuus certe auctor est; et avium pisciumque imprimis copiosissimas figuras dedit, ad Peraltianum fere morem.

work is in the dissection of animals, of which he is certainly an outstanding writer; and in particular he produced large numbers of images of birds and fish, almost in the manner of Peralt [Claude Perrault?].

First married to Anne eldest daughter of John Bodenham Esq; descended from the ancient Family of the Bodenhams of Wiltshire and Herefordshire, by whom he hath Issue Martha, and is now married to Dame Katherine, Countess Dowager of Carnwath in Scotland, daughter of John Abington of Dowdeswell in Glocestershire Esq; descended from the ancient Family of the Abingtons of Glocestershire, by whom he hath two daughters now living, viz.