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Image number: RS.10276
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Muscle distribution of the lower body (back)
Date
1801
Creator
Joseph Constantine Carpue (1764 - 1846, British) , Engraver
After
Joseph Constantine Carpue (1764 - 1846, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X197/7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 253mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Fully annotated colour illustration showing the areas of musculature insertion on the human skeleton; this plate concentrates on the lower body, specifically the leg, foot and pelvis.
Carpue created this guide for the benefit of students of anatomy. In the forward he states that the diagrams are meant to assist in the dissection room and that the illustrations primarily show the insertions of the muscles.
Plate 7 from A Description of the Muscles of the Human Body, as they Appear on Dissection; with the synonyma of COWPER, WINSLOW, DOUGLAS, ALBINUS, and INNES, and the new nomenclature of DUMAS, Professor of Anatomy at Montpellier; with prints and maps, showing the insertions of muscles by J. C. Carpue (London, Longman and Rees, 1801). Inscribed: ‘Plate 7, Published Oct 1st 1801by W Leney 38 York St West.'
Carpue created this guide for the benefit of students of anatomy. In the forward he states that the diagrams are meant to assist in the dissection room and that the illustrations primarily show the insertions of the muscles.
Plate 7 from A Description of the Muscles of the Human Body, as they Appear on Dissection; with the synonyma of COWPER, WINSLOW, DOUGLAS, ALBINUS, and INNES, and the new nomenclature of DUMAS, Professor of Anatomy at Montpellier; with prints and maps, showing the insertions of muscles by J. C. Carpue (London, Longman and Rees, 1801). Inscribed: ‘Plate 7, Published Oct 1st 1801by W Leney 38 York St West.'
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