Fetal skeleton with embryo, fetus, placenta and atheroma

Fetus--anatomy & histology

Skeleton

Bone and Bones--embryology

Embryo, Mammalian--anatomy & histology

Plaque, Atherosclerotic

Placenta--anatomy & histology

Book Illustrations

Engraved by C. Huyberts from a specimen by Frederik Ruysch.

A fetal skeleton of four months stands on a pedestal (fig. 1) holding in one hand an embryo (fig. 2), and in the other, a fetus (fig. 3); with a fetus at another stage of development in isolation (fig. 4); tissue with atheroma (fig. 5-6); and a placenta with tubercula (fig. 7).

Title supplied by cataloger.

Huyberts, Cornelis

Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731

Original image in: Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731. Thesaurus anatomicus decimus (Amstelaedami : Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1717). Af 37 v.2 Pam 5 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Thesaurus Anatomicus, a 10-part work first published from 1701 to 1716, is a catalog of Frederik Ruysch's unusual anatomical collection. Illustrated with over 40 plates, engraved by Joseph Mulder and Cornelis Huyberts, Ruysch's collection contains odd assemblages of primarily human anatomical specimens, some of which he composed with the help of his daughter, the painter, Rachel Ruysch. In addition to the curiosities that he contributed to the science of anatomy, Ruysch also advanced techniques in dissection and embalming.

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

1705

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StillImage

Af_37_v2.pam1.tab3

1 print : engraving

20 x 15 cm