Tendon, limestone
Date
1699
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Four figures from issue 252 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures I-II. Anatomical study of a ripped tendon near the os calcis in the subject’s left heel; showing it in situ and a detail view of the blood vessels in the tendon. Illustration to ‘II. An account of stitching the great tendon, between the calf of the leg and heel, with its union and cure, after an entire division of it, with remarks: Read at a meeting of the Royal Society’ by William Copwer in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 252 (May 1699).
Figures III and IV. Study of two limestone specimens, one polished horizontally and one polished vertically. Illustration to ‘VI. Part of a letter from Mr. Llwid to Dr. Tancred Robinson, F. R. S. concerning a figured stone found in Wales; with a note on it, by Hans Sloane, M. D.’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 252 (May 1699).
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699; Tancred Robinson (c.1658-1748) British physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1684, and; Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Figures I-II. Anatomical study of a ripped tendon near the os calcis in the subject’s left heel; showing it in situ and a detail view of the blood vessels in the tendon. Illustration to ‘II. An account of stitching the great tendon, between the calf of the leg and heel, with its union and cure, after an entire division of it, with remarks: Read at a meeting of the Royal Society’ by William Copwer in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 252 (May 1699).
Figures III and IV. Study of two limestone specimens, one polished horizontally and one polished vertically. Illustration to ‘VI. Part of a letter from Mr. Llwid to Dr. Tancred Robinson, F. R. S. concerning a figured stone found in Wales; with a note on it, by Hans Sloane, M. D.’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 252 (May 1699).
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699; Tancred Robinson (c.1658-1748) British physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1684, and; Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Related fellows
William Cowper (1661 - 1709, British) , Surgeon
Tancred Robinson (1655 - 1748, British) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Tancred Robinson (1655 - 1748, British) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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