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    Image number: RS.10271
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    Views of the skull and jaw

    Date
    1734
    Creator
    François van Bleyswyck (1676, Dutch) , Engraver
    After
    François van Bleyswyck (1676, Dutch) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    Tracts/CXXVII_5
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 224mm
    width (print): 177mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    Description
    Illustration regarding the movement of the lower jaw, particularly in regards to chewing.

    Fig 1- the articulation of the lower jaw bone
    Fig 2- view of the base of the skull
    Fig 3- view of the outside of the lower jaw
    Fig 4- demonstrating the range of movement of the lower jaw
    Fig 5- view of the inside of the lower jaw

    Plate from Disputatio Medica Inauguralis, de Manducatione: quam duce et auspice deo ter opt. Max. Ex auctoritate Magnifici Rectoris by Jacobi Voorda (Utrecht, Alexandrum van Megen, 1734).

    Inscribed: ‘H. V. Bleyswyck del & fecit’.
    Associated place
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          > Germany
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