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    Human head and diagrams of the eye

    Date
    1816
    Creator
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian) , Engraver
    After
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian)
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Scarpa, A_Malattie Degli Occhi Vol2_1816
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 269mm
    width (print): 215mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    human body
       > skull
    human body
       > ear
    human body
       > face
    Description
    Illustration of a human head with the skin removed and diagrams of the eye.

    Fig. 1 – bottom left hand corner, illustrates the eye.

    Annotated:
    a & b- the tear ducts
    c. Tendon of the obicularis muscle (eyelids)
    d. Lachrimal point higher
    e. Lachrimal point lower
    f. lachrimal caruncle
    g. portion of the obicularis muscle

    Fig. 2. – lower, central. The eye dissected.

    Annotated:
    a.A healthy optic nerve
    b.The sclera
    c.Choroidea
    d.A fungal mass afflicting the optic nerve

    Fig. 3- bottom right corner.

    Annotated:
    a.The optic nerve, harder than usual
    b.Lymph gland
    c.Cavity of the eye from the optic nerve to the retina

    Plate 1 from Malattie Degli Occhie (Vol. 2) by Antonio Scarpa (Pavia, Pietro Bizzoni, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tav. 1. F. Anderloni delin et sculp.’
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > Italy
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