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Image number: RS.10084
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‘Inflammation of the dura mater’
Date
1826
Creator
J Wedgewood (British) , Lithographer
After
John Howship (1781 - 1841, British) , Surgeon
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X307/3
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 307mm
width (print): 238mm
width (print): 238mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two figures showing portions of the human dura mater, one of the meninges (membranes of the central nervous system) in inflamed condition. Figure 1 A portion of the dura mater from the upper part of the brain. Figure 2 A portion of the dura mater from the left hemisphere of the brain.
The author states in accompanying text that: “The inflammation in these instances is much more advanced than that represented in the former plate. The albuminous secretion is formed into a membrane, which has become perfectly organized by vessels shooting into it from the inflamed surface.”
Plate 2 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain; being illustrations of the most frequent and important organic diseases to which that viscus is subject, by Robert Hooper (London, Longman, Rees..., 1826). Inscribed: “PLATE II. J.Howship, delt. J.Wedgewood sculpt. INFLAMMATION OF THE DURA MATER. Published by Dr. Hooper. Jany.1826.”
The author states in accompanying text that: “The inflammation in these instances is much more advanced than that represented in the former plate. The albuminous secretion is formed into a membrane, which has become perfectly organized by vessels shooting into it from the inflamed surface.”
Plate 2 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain; being illustrations of the most frequent and important organic diseases to which that viscus is subject, by Robert Hooper (London, Longman, Rees..., 1826). Inscribed: “PLATE II. J.Howship, delt. J.Wedgewood sculpt. INFLAMMATION OF THE DURA MATER. Published by Dr. Hooper. Jany.1826.”
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