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
Original image in: Bauhin, Caspar, 1560-1624. Theatrum anatomicum (Francofurti at [sic] Moenum : Typis Matthaei Beckeri, 1605). Ac 181 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
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 October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1312.