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Venas cutaneas quae secantur, & scarificantur, exhibent

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Title

Venas cutaneas quae secantur, & scarificantur, exhibent

Subject

Subcutaneous Tissue--blood supply
Veins--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Human figure, seen from rear, with skin removed to depict cutaneous veins.
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_181.33

Original Format

1 print : copper engraving

Physical Dimensions

16 x 9 cm

Citation

“Venas cutaneas quae secantur, & scarificantur, exhibent,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1314.