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Historical Human Anatomy Illustrations

Detailed depictions of the human anatomy, showcasing muscles, veins, and nerves in various styles from 1543 to the 19th century, highlighting the evolution of anatomical studies.

Plate XV. The surgical dissection of the elbow and forearm.
Plate XV. The surgical dissection of the elbow and forearm.
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Anatomical fugitive sheets
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Pl. 4. Essai theorique et experimental sur le galvanisme
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Muscles of the leg and foot: four écorché figures. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
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Circulatory system of the arm and hand. Handcolored steel engraving by Corbie of a drawing by Leveille from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masse's "Petit Atlas complet d'Anatomie descriptive du Corps Humain," Paris, 1864, published by Mequignon-Marvis. Masse's "Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body" was first published in 1848 and went through many editions.
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Anatomical illustration from 'Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion' ' by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Nuremberg, 1528. His collection of drawings were used to apply the science of human anatomical proportions to aesthetics
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KETHAM, Johannes de (second half 15th century-begin 16th). German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. Fasciculus medicinae, 1491 ('Compendium of Human Health'). First medicine book with illustrations of the human anatomy. Illustration depicting injuries and how to treat them. Edition printed in Pamplona in 1498. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
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The spinal cord: three figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after A. Haller, 1798.
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Victorian anatomical drawings of human body parts. Isolated on a white background.
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Back view of human body, showing a circulatory system and nodes for acupuncture. Woodcut by Chinese artist.
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Muscle structure of the torso, anatomical illustration
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human anatomy, medicine, section of the torso of a seated black man, showing the large blood vessels and organs, kidneys, intestines, artery, bladder. Colored lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841.
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Marey's myograph, Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aërial locomotion, Marey, Etienne-Jules, 1830-1904, Engraving, 1874, With one hundred and seventeen illustrations, drawn and engraved under the direction of the author--T.p. Illustrator unknown.
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medicine treatment bloodletting venesection and zodiac coloured woodcut ""Martyrologicum der Heiligen"" Strassburg 1484 private collection,
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'Dean's diving helmet with air supplied through tube connecte Woodcut, 1842.'
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Muscles and bones of the shoulder, neck and chest. Watercolour and pencil drawing by J.C. Whishaw, ca. 1853.
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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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Gautier, Jean-Baptiste, Essai d'anatomie en tableaux imprimés: Figure 14, Anatomical muscle model, print, prints, height 606 mm, width 460 mm, French, 1775 - 1825, print maker, 1745 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, paper, mezzotint
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Pen and lightly colored illustration from Albrecht Dürer's The Ring and Fencing Book, showing fencing positions, techniques, and figure study on paper, 1512.
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Menschlicher Thorax oder Brustkorb mit den Organen, 1890, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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Seven illustrations of reducing various dislocations. Process print.
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Representing the joints of the pelvic bones, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875.
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Medicine: Human anatomy, chest, muscles, serous membranes and ribcage
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Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716 ) of 'Shi si jing fa hui', (Routes of the Fourteen Meridians and their Functions) by Hua Shou a Chinese physician of the mid-14th century. 'Routes of the Fourteen Meridians and their Functions,' became a classic text used in the practice of acupuncture.
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An anatomical figure (écorché) in a classical landscape. Drawing by A. Joron.
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Tasrîh-i Mansûrî The human female body showing a fetus in the womb and other organs, fol. 46. 1675. Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, active 14th century. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, illuminated manuscripts. Spencer Collection. Manuscripts, Persian, Anatomy , Early works to 1800
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X -ray admission of blood vessels in a child's hand, Otto Hildebrand, Joseph Friedrich Bergmann, 1917 stereograph. x-ray photograph Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg-EppendorfHamburg-Eppendorfpublisher: Wiesbaden cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print arteries. physiology and anatomy ~ circulatory system. hand
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Position of the organs in the chest, front view, human body, drawing.
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Drake, Anthropologia nova.
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Muscles of the human body. Watercolour drawing by a Persian artist.
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Two anatomical cut outs of a man, showing muscles, heart, kidneys and bladder. Lithograph, 1900.
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Sketches of anatomy
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Illustration from 'Tashrih-i badan-I insan Anatomy of the Human Body' a Persian medical text (ca. 1390); by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ilyas. this illustrated treatise, often called Mansur's Anatomy (Tashrih-i Mansur-I), was dedicated to the sultan Ziya' al-Din Pir Muhammad Bahadur, grandson of Timur, known to Europeans as Tamerlane
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Muscles of the head and neck: two écorché figures. Watercolour by J. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
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Anatomy Sketchbook Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906). Anatomy Sketchbook, 1849. Graphite on beige, medium weight, slightly textured laid paper, Sketchbook: 17 1/8 x 11 1/16 x 3/8 in. (43.5 x 28.1 x 1 cm). Eastman Johnson used this sketchbook while enrolled in an anatomy class at the Düsseldorf Royal Academy in Germany. The meticulous, almost scientific precision of his skeleton studies reveals the schools emphasis on draftsmanship and anatomical knowledge as fundamental tools for the artist. Many of the drawings include grids and other geometric guidelines, as well as notations about ideal proportions of the human body. Johnson parlayed his academic training into a successful career as a painter of American genre subjects. American Art 1849
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Englishman Richard Lambert (13) exhibited his porcupine skin disorder, Ichthyosis hystrix, in Leipzig. Richard was a descendent of Edward Lambert, whose condition was first described by Machin in 1732. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.
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Last elevation of ministers (IT)
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Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Bologna 1523.
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A diagram of a head illustrating a jaw and chin brace. Stipple print by J. Bell.
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Muscles of the leg and foot: four écorché figures. Watercolour by J. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
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Illustration depicting prosthethic aids for amputees, such as a full leg with belt and an artificial arm made by M. L. Matthieu for the opera singer Roger Date: 1887
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Comparison of female outline and skeleton after permanent disfigurement from whale-bone corsets from Professor Sommering's On The Effects of Stays. Woodblock engraving from The Penny Magazine, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, printed by William Clowes, Lambeth, 1833.
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Photo of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci
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Artistic poses, plate IX: a man écorché climbing a ladder. Lithograph by Robert J. Colenso.
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The muscles of the right arm (left); bones of the elbow (right). Red chalk drawing, 17th century.
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anatomical drawing from Tibb al-Akbar (Akbar's Medicine) by Muhammad Akbar, known as Muhammad Arzani (d. 1722/ 1134) in an undated copy probably made in the 18th century
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'Nature Versus Corsets.' At left is the natural arrangement of a woman's internal anatomy, contrasted with the corset's effects on the internal organs and bones. From GOLDEN THOUGHTS ON CHASTITY AND PROCREATION, by John Gibson, 1903.
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Fractures, illustrations from the book 'Dr. F. Koenig's Ratgeber in gesunden und kranken Tagen', German for "Dr. F. Koenig 's book with advice for the healthy and sick days", 1928
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anatomical illustration from 'Antropologium de hominis dignitate, natura et proprietatibus, de elementis, partibus et membris humani corporis' (Leipzig: 1501) by Magnus Hundt
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Figure with acupuncture points and meridian for stomach and foot disorders annotated with Chinese characters in a 1875 text. Acupuncture was based on the Chinese medical theory that stimulation by needles at specific points to restored healthy balance of the life force's flow along several channels (meridians).
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Anatomical chest drawings vector image
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ZODIAC MAN DRAWING RELATING ASTROLOGY MOON SIGNS TO VARIOUS PARTS OF MALE ANATOMY USED IN ANCIENT MEDICINE
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Human head and shoulders, with brain partitioned and labeled circa 1513.
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Animal Locomotion. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)
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Guimet museum. Diagram of the meridians of the human body. Japan 19 th century. Paris. France.
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Animal Locomotion; Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904); 1887; Collotype; 20 x 34.3 cm (7 7,8 x 13 1,2 in.)
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The bloodvessels of the thigh: front and back views. Coloured engraving by G. Kirtland, 1805.
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The human skeleton from the De Arte Phisicali et de Cirurgia by John Arderne, Latin manuscript, 15th Century.
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Three portraits shown for their phrenological exemplarity: Gall, Eustache and Chauffron. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
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A man bearing a load on his head. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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Pustular syphilide with ecthyma of the leg 1, pustular syphilide or impetigo of the neck 2, and vesicular syphilide on the face and neck 3. Chromolithograph by T. Sinclaire from Freeman J. Bumsteads Atlas of Venereal Diseases, Henry C. Lea, Philadelphia, 1868. First American edition of Auguste Culleriers Precis iconographique des maladies veneriennes.
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Median section of a cow, showing organs of circulation and respiration, etc, c1905 (c1910). Artist: Unknown.
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Diagrams of the human body, proportional figures, écorchés etc., for use by artists. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1851.
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Rash of sores on the face, arms and torso of a boy suffering from prurigo adolescentium. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880
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The muscles of the arm of the man hand being lifted, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.