Human gravid uterus
Date
1774
Creator
II Scotin (1698 - 1755, French) , Engraver
After
Jan van Rymsdyk (1700 - 1789, Dutch) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 590mm
width (plate): 440mm
height (page): 653mm
width (page): 470mm
width (plate): 440mm
height (page): 653mm
width (page): 470mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of the human gravid uterus in the ninth month of pregnancy. The abdomen is shown from the right side and dissected with the layers of tissue and skin pinned back exposing the outer uterine wall with the abdominal organs and diaphragm.
Plate 2 to Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, by William Hunter (Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville. Sold in London by S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Cadell; D. Wilson and G. Nicol; and J. Murray, 1774).
Inscribed ‘J. V. Rymsdyk delint. G. Scotin sculpsit. TAB. II. Conspectus viscerum abdominalium a latere dextro, partibus continentibus Thoracis, et Hypochondrii, ac maximâ omenti parte sublatis. Pub: Nov: 15: 1774, by Dr. Hunter.’
William Hunter (1718-1783) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Plate 2 to Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, by William Hunter (Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville. Sold in London by S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Cadell; D. Wilson and G. Nicol; and J. Murray, 1774).
Inscribed ‘J. V. Rymsdyk delint. G. Scotin sculpsit. TAB. II. Conspectus viscerum abdominalium a latere dextro, partibus continentibus Thoracis, et Hypochondrii, ac maximâ omenti parte sublatis. Pub: Nov: 15: 1774, by Dr. Hunter.’
William Hunter (1718-1783) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
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