Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10268
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‘Dissection of an arm on which the operation for the Aneurism had been performed.’
Date
1801
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/234/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 192mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration of a dissected upper arm, showing arteries and bone.
The Axillary artery has been injected with wax prior to amputation and dissection.
A-The elbow, illustrating the ‘obliteration of the trunk of the artery’
Plate 4 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. 4, Wm Thomas fc.’
The Axillary artery has been injected with wax prior to amputation and dissection.
A-The elbow, illustrating the ‘obliteration of the trunk of the artery’
Plate 4 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. 4, Wm Thomas fc.’
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