Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10269
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Details of the anatomy of the head and neck
Date
1750
Creator
Goett, Engraver
After
Joel Paul Kaltenhofer (1716 - 1777, German) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X305/16
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical illustrations showing interior details of the head and neck.
Fig.1. Part of the spinal cord in the neck with a portion of the cerebellum.
Fig.2. a variation of Fig.1- in an infant
Fig.3. Section of the neck of a child
Fig.4. Illustration of a fifty year old cadaver; shows the anterior spinal cord nerve on the right hand side.
More detailed annotations accompany the image (in Latin).
Plate 1 from Primo Pare Nervorum Medullae Spinalis, quam auctoritate gratiosae facultatis medicae in academia Georgia Augusta by Georgius Thomas Asch (Gottingen, Vandenhoekiana, 1750). Inscribed: ‘Tab I, Kaltenhofer del. et sc Goett.’
Fig.1. Part of the spinal cord in the neck with a portion of the cerebellum.
Fig.2. a variation of Fig.1- in an infant
Fig.3. Section of the neck of a child
Fig.4. Illustration of a fifty year old cadaver; shows the anterior spinal cord nerve on the right hand side.
More detailed annotations accompany the image (in Latin).
Plate 1 from Primo Pare Nervorum Medullae Spinalis, quam auctoritate gratiosae facultatis medicae in academia Georgia Augusta by Georgius Thomas Asch (Gottingen, Vandenhoekiana, 1750). Inscribed: ‘Tab I, Kaltenhofer del. et sc Goett.’
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