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    Image number: RS.10265
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    Sections of the leg bones

    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): 235mm
    width (print): 180mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    Description
    A selection of leg bones in differing conditions.

    Fig.1. The thigh bone of a mastiff
    Fig.2. The shin bone of an adult human
    Fig.3. The shin bone of an adult human showing the effects of an infection

    Plate 3 from Internal Build of the Bone by Anton Scarpa, FRS (Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1800). Inscribed: ‘Tab III. Anderloni delin et Sculp.'
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > Germany
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