Denotat brachium infantis in liquore conservatum, in cujus manu continetur ovum foecundatum testudinis marina.

Child

Arm--anatomy & histology

Turtles--embryology

Fishes--anatomy & histology

Scyphozoa--anatomy & histology

Animal Shells

Book Illustrations

Engraved by J. Mulder from a specimen by Frederik Ruysch.

A specimen jar with the severed arm on a human infant holding the egg of a sea turtle, the hatchling of which is popping it's head out (fig. 2); in the adjacent jar, a spotted 'Zeylanicus' fish and sea-nettles (fig. 2). Each jar is top with sea plants, shells and other marine life.

Title derived from caption in text.

Mulder, Joseph, 1659 or 1660-

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

1710

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StillImage

Af_37_v1.pam4.tab7

1 print : engraving

32 x 18 cm