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Image number: RS.10340
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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
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
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.’
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.’
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