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Fetal arm with hair, specimen jar with small quadruped, and a bursula

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Title

Fetal arm with hair, specimen jar with small quadruped, and a bursula

Subject

Arm--embryology
Hair--anatomy & histology
Bursa, Synovial--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Engraved by J. Mulder from a specimen by Frederik Ruysch.
Fetal arm clutching a bundle of hairs on top of another bundle of hairs (fig. 1); a specimen jar containing a quadruped described as canine-like with a bursula (fig. 2); and a bursula hanging from a string.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Creator

Mulder, Joseph, 1659 or 1660-
Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731

Source

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.

Publisher

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

Date

1714

Language

lat
dut

Type

StillImage

Identifier

Af_37_v2.pam4.tab2

Original Format

1 print : engraving

Physical Dimensions

21 x 16 cm

Citation

Mulder, Joseph, 1659 or 1660- and Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731, “Fetal arm with hair, specimen jar with small quadruped, and a bursula,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1491.