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Partes posticas continens

About This Item

Title

Partes posticas continens

Subject

Body Regions--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Human male figure seen from behind, with right arm raised to head.
Title from caption.

Source

Theatrum anatomicum, Caspar Bauhin's 1605 anatomical textbook, contains 131 copper engravings of human anatomy drawn mostly from the illustrations of others. Although the diagrams were not original, the book was notable at the time as a thorough, cutting-edge anatomical compendium. In this work, Bauhin introduced a new labeling system, naming anatomical structures instead of numbering them, a system quickly adopted by others.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1605

Language

lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

Ac_181.11

Original Format

1 print : copper engraving

Physical Dimensions

16 x 8 cm

Citation

“Partes posticas continens,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1312.