Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10365
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View of the chest cavity
Date
1816
Creator
Walwert, Engraver
After
Hesselbach, Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X179/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 255mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration of the open chest cavity; visible are the lymph glands, trachea, oesophagus, jugular veins, the heart, the pulmonary artery and smaller details such as nerves systems.
Plate 5 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab V, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
Plate 5 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab V, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
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