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Image number: RS.10293
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The base of a sheep's brain
Date
1664
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Object type
Library reference
Books/Willis, T_Cerebri anatome_1664
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 159mm
width (print): 117mm
width (print): 117mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration showing the base of a sheep’s brain. Ink-blackened vessels can be seen on the illustration, highlighting and leading to the carotid artery. It illustrates the inner features of the brain, the network of nerves and the beginning of the spinal cord.
Plate 2 from the monograph Cerebri Anatome by Thomas Willis FRS (London, Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, 1664). Inscribed: ’Figura IIda, pag. 27, de medio s vid pag. 414.’
Plate 2 from the monograph Cerebri Anatome by Thomas Willis FRS (London, Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, 1664). Inscribed: ’Figura IIda, pag. 27, de medio s vid pag. 414.’
Related fellows
Thomas Willis (1621 - 1675, British) , Physician
Associated place