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Title
Anatomical diagram of the hip-joint and knee-joint
Subject
Knee Joint--anatomy & histology
Hip Joint--anatomy & histology
Ligaments, Articular--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Lithograph by T. Sinclair & Son from a drawing by Hermann Faber.
Diagram of the hip-joint and knee-joint. The hip-joint is seen from in front (figure 1). The knee-joint is seen from the median side (figure 3) and from behind, showing a capsule (figure 2) and the position of the disks and the crucial ligaments (figure 4).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
T. Sinclair & Son
Faber, Hermann
Source
Original image in: Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897. A System of Human Anatomy (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1884). ZAd 2 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Harrison Allen’s A System of Human Anatomy contains lithographs of drawings by Hermann Faber from dissections by the author. The book consists of five sections covering histology (by E. O. Shakespeare), bones and joints, muscles and fasci, arteries, veins, and lymphatics, the nervous system, and the organs of sense, of digestion, and genito-urinary organs.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1884
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZAd_2.pl41
Original Format
1 print : lithograph
Physical Dimensions
30 x 24 cm
Citation
T. Sinclair & Son and Faber, Hermann, “Anatomical diagram of the hip-joint and knee-joint,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/162.