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Mulieris grauidae effigies exhibetur, ventre decussatim aperto, ex quo omentum ablatum est, quo ventriculus, intestina, & vterus melius conspiciantur

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Title

Mulieris grauidae effigies exhibetur, ventre decussatim aperto, ex quo omentum ablatum est, quo ventriculus, intestina, & vterus melius conspiciantur

Subject

Pregnancy
Uterus--anatomy & histology
Abdomen--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Female figure, pregnant, standing with abdomen opened to depict stomach, intestines and uterus.
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_181.239

Original Format

1 print : copper engraving

Physical Dimensions

16 x 9 cm

Citation

“Mulieris grauidae effigies exhibetur, ventre decussatim aperto, ex quo omentum ablatum est, quo ventriculus, intestina, & vterus melius conspiciantur,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1327.