Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10366
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Open chest cavity
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 the open chest cavity; visible are the lymph glands, trachea, oesophagus, jugular veins, the pulmonary artery and smaller details such as nerves systems. The heart has been removed so as to see the anatomy behind it.
Plate 6 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab VI, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
Plate 6 from De organis, quibus aves spiritum ducunt; dissertatio inauguralis zootomica-medica, quam... submittit... by Lehmannus Fuld (Wurzburg, Francisci Ernesti Nitribits, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tab VI, Hesselbach pinxit. Walwert Sculpsit.’
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