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    Image number: RS.10322
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    ‘Extravasion in the brain from obstructed circulation’

    Date
    1831
    Creator
    William Say (1768 - 1834, British) , Engraver
    After
    Frederick Richard Say (1804 - 1868, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 1_1831
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 330mm
    width (print): 233mm
    Subject
    Content object
    human body
       > brain
    human body
       > organ
    Description
    Fig.1 – Main image. A cross-section of the whole brain showing the effect produced on the internal circulation of the brain by the obstruction of the large veins. The top left hand portion of the brain shows the effect of extreme congestion. Bright stating, ‘the minute clots, formed by the rupture of vessels, are seen most numerous about the external and interal margin of the cineritious substance.’

    Fig.2 – A small portion of this brain, magnified.

    Plate 6 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 1 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 6.Drawn by F. R. Say. London Published Jan 1st. 1829. by Longman, Rees, Orme & Brown. Engraved by W. Say’
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