Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10358
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Serous membrane (lungs)
Date
1816
Creator
Walwert, Engraver
After
Hesselbach, Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X179/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration of a lung showing the serosa (or serous membrane); known as the pleura in regards to the lungs.
Annotated;
a. the serosa membrane covering the lungs
b. muscles of the serosa membrane/ the windpipe’s first branch
d. extension of the membrane in the lower margin of the lungs, where it forms the diaphragm
e. trachea
f. larynx
g. pulmonary artery
h. pulmonary veins
Plate 1 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab 1, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
Annotated;
a. the serosa membrane covering the lungs
b. muscles of the serosa membrane/ the windpipe’s first branch
d. extension of the membrane in the lower margin of the lungs, where it forms the diaphragm
e. trachea
f. larynx
g. pulmonary artery
h. pulmonary veins
Plate 1 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab 1, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
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