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    Image number: RS.10266
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    ‘The superficial lymphatic vessels of the left lower extremity’

    Date
    1801
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    After
    Object type
    Library reference
    Tracts/234/1
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 200mm
    width (print): 112mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    Description
    Diagram showing the anatomy of the lymphatic vessels and bones of the left leg.

    Annotations:

    A-Poupart’s ligament
    B-Marks out the situation and extent of the sharp edge of the pubis, with the lymphatics wrapping round it, and dipping down into, the cavity of the pelvis.
    C-Bougies passed into the Iliac artery and vein, which have the deep seated lymphatics upon them.
    D-The Symphysis Pubis

    Plate 2 from An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of that Swelling in One or Both of the Lower Extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women by Charles White (FRS), 1801 (Manchester, W. Shelmerdine & Co.). Inscribed: ‘Pl. 2’.
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