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Image number: RS.10312
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‘Extreme cerebral congestion’
Date
1831
Creator
William Thomas Fry (1789 - 1843, British) , Engraver
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Object type
Library reference
Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 2_1831
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Dimensions
height (print): 304mm
width (print): 224mm
width (print): 224mm
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Description
Illustration of a brain showing extreme cerebral congestion.
The author notes: ‘The brain here represented was taken from an old man, who died of fever, and whose lungs were in a most marked emphysematous state throughout.’
Fig.1 illustrates the upper part of the cerebrum. Bright notes; ‘...the convolutions still covered by the arachnoid and pia mater are of a dark carbonaceous colour...’
Fig.2 illustrates the upper part of the hemispheres and turned upwards to show the internal appearance of the brain.
Plate 17 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 17. C. J. Canton. Delt. London Published July 1. 1829. by Longman, Rees, Orme and Brown. W. T. Fry. Sculp.’
The author notes: ‘The brain here represented was taken from an old man, who died of fever, and whose lungs were in a most marked emphysematous state throughout.’
Fig.1 illustrates the upper part of the cerebrum. Bright notes; ‘...the convolutions still covered by the arachnoid and pia mater are of a dark carbonaceous colour...’
Fig.2 illustrates the upper part of the hemispheres and turned upwards to show the internal appearance of the brain.
Plate 17 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 17. C. J. Canton. Delt. London Published July 1. 1829. by Longman, Rees, Orme and Brown. W. T. Fry. Sculp.’
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