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Image number: RS.10294
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The base the human brain
Date
1664
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Object type
Library reference
Books/Willis, T_Cerebri anatome_1664
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 147mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration showing the base of the brain. The text states that this is the brain of a young man. It illustrates the inner features of the brain, the network of nerves and the beginning of the spinal cord.
Plate 4 from the monograph Cerebri Anatome by Thomas Willis FRS (London, Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, 1664). Inscribed: ‘Fig. IIII, pag. 51’.
Plate 4 from the monograph Cerebri Anatome by Thomas Willis FRS (London, Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, 1664). Inscribed: ‘Fig. IIII, pag. 51’.
Related fellows
Thomas Willis (1621 - 1675, British) , Physician
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