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Anatomical Illustrations of the Human Body

Historical anatomical drawings illustrating muscles and bone structures, featuring detailed and artistic representations from various eras.

View of the muscles in the human body (from the back)
View of the muscles in the human body (from the back)
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Anatomical illustration by Amé Bourdon, from 'Nouvelles tables anatomiques'; Chambray: 1678.
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Anatomical fugitive sheets
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Channels and points of the side of the torso, general chart
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Anatomical illustration by Amé Bourdon, from 'Nouvelles tables anatomiques'; Chambray: 1678.
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Anatomical fugitive sheets
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De humani corporis fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body) 1555 Andreas Vesalius Flemish When Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) first published his radical De humani corporis fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body), the ancient texts of Aristotle and Galen were still judged authoritative in the medical schools of Europe. By performing his own dissections, Vesalius discovered errors in the ancient authors' teachings. The De humani corporis fabrica, which drew attention to these flaws, initially threatened the academic medical establishment but ultimately won Vesalius admiration and a post as court physician to Charles V, to whom he dedicated the volume.Carefully integrated into Vesalius' text are over 200 woodcuts executed by a skilled group of artists that may have included Jan Steven van Calcar (1499-1546), who trained in the workshop of Titian. No text on anatomy before the Fabrica had ever been illustrated so completely or so well, and although the plates are didactic in intent
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Two anatomical figures.
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Mammiferes pl. 4. Plansza comes from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History Summarizing and Completing All the Facts Presented by the Encyclopedias, /. In a collection of boards from various albums of natural history Visto, St. Ange, Martin, N.R.Remond Imp
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Katoptrob Speculum venarum, et arteriarum.
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An abridgment of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man Invented, drawn & engrav'd by Val Green.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .
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Illustration depicting extension exercises "to supple the figure, open the chest, and give freedom to the muscles". Dated 19th century
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Anatomical study of standing human figure, with notes, on the verso also some detail studies of muscles., Anatomical study of standing human figure, draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek, 1868 - 1940, paper, pen, h 305 mm × w 235 mm
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Downward transmission of yin diseases of the interior
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Woodcut of a hand with palmist markings to aid the interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand in fortune telling. From Magnus Hundt's ANTROPOLOGIUM, 1501, an anatomical text that interpreted anatomy physiologically, philosophically, and religiously.
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Artistic poses, plate X: two figures of men écorchés. Lithograph by Robert J. Colenso.
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Proportion studie from the body of a man; County book of the proportions of 't Menschelyke Ligham / Proportions du Corps Humain. Front view, with one outstretched arm.
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Health - Brain Damage. February 25, 1939.
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Chinese woodcut: Bone measurements - front of the body
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Chinese chart of acupuncture points on a male body, with bones are depicted on half of his body and muscles on the other half. Acupuncture points are noted all across the body. 1956.
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p. 753. 'Introductory address on the electromotive...'
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Full-length anatomical model made of paper mache by Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (7 April 1797 - 7 March 1880) who was a French anatomist and naturalist
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Three hand yin channels and their acupoints, general chart
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Anatomy of the Human Body. Persian manuscript (16th c.) illustrating the muscles and nervous system in a male body in a squatting position. Persian art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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Illustration from 'Fasciculus medicinae' Venice; 1494 the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations. Written by Johannes de Ketham a German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century
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Anatomical woodcut from 'Liber de arte distillandi de compositis' by Hieronymus Brunschwig, 1450- 1512. Strassburg, 1512
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Collapsible anatomical, medical illustrations of a male and a female figure, Rudolph'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Dresden, Germany, about 1930, Europe
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Illustration of slaves from a book explaining the effects of the slavery system.
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England, London, The Wellcome Collection, The Reading Room, Exhibit of Lateral Body Slice of Human Tissue and Glass by Gunther Von Hagens 2000
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Organs of digestion and respiration. Date: circa 1880
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Medical - Victorian Anatomical Illustrations - isolated on a white background for cut out.
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cancer poster - Cancer danger signals.