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Image number: RS.10086
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‘Inflammation of the pia mater and tunica arachnoides’
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
The under surface of the human brain exposed to show inflammation in two membranes of the meninges (protecting the central nervous system).
The author states in accompanying text that: “The cerebrum and cerebellum so placed as to bring the whole of the underside of the brain into view. The same diseased appearances are visible in this as in the former plate, but to a much greater extent:- albumen is secreted on the surface of the lobes of the cerebrum, on the cerebellum, and over the whole of the medulla oblongata.”
Plate 4 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 IV. J.Howship, delt. J.Wedgewood sculpt. INFLAMMATION OF THE PIA MATER and TUNICA ARACHNOIDES. Published by Dr. Hooper. Jany.1826.”
The author states in accompanying text that: “The cerebrum and cerebellum so placed as to bring the whole of the underside of the brain into view. The same diseased appearances are visible in this as in the former plate, but to a much greater extent:- albumen is secreted on the surface of the lobes of the cerebrum, on the cerebellum, and over the whole of the medulla oblongata.”
Plate 4 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 IV. J.Howship, delt. J.Wedgewood sculpt. INFLAMMATION OF THE PIA MATER and TUNICA ARACHNOIDES. Published by Dr. Hooper. Jany.1826.”
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