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    Sections of the Tibia

    Date
    1800
    Creator
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian) , Engraver
    After
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian)
    Object type
    Library reference
    Tracts/X277/6
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 240mm
    width (print): 180mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    Description
    Sections of a human Tibia.

    Fig.1. An adult human’s Tibia, dried and placed in oil of turpentine to better highlight the construction of the bone.
    Fig.2. The Tibia of a ‘mean person’ with a hole in it (b)
    Fig.3. Cross-section of a Tibia
    Fig.4. The bone cortex from the middle of the Tibia where the bone is strongest and firmest

    Plate 2 from Internal Build of the Bone by Anton Scarpa, FRS (Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1800). Inscribed: ‘Tab II. Anderloni delin et Sculp.’
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > Germany
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