About This Item
Title
Anatomical diagram of the head and brain
Subject
Brain--anatomy & histology
Sensation
Cognition
Book Illustrations
Description
Woodcut printed by Petrus Treueris, artist unknown.
Diagram showing the location of cognitive processes and senses in parts of brain. The first section of the brain includes the common wits (common sense) or combined senses of sight, hearing, taste, and smell, Fantasia (fantasy), and Imaginativa (imagination). The first and second sections communicate through the Vermis. Cogitatia (thought) and Estimatia (judgement) are located in the second section of the brain, and Memoria (memory) is located in the third.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Source
Original Image in: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512. Buch der Cirurgia (Strasbourg : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 1497). ZEa 25 (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Buch der Cirurgia, Hieronymus Brunschwig's handbook of surgery, was first printed in 1497 by Johann Grüninger. The work was intended for aspiring barbers and surgeons, and includes compiled knowledge of past surgeons along with the experiences of Brunschwig himself. Many of the woodcut illustrations are only loosely related to the text, consist of composites, and reappear throughout the text and in other works printed by Grüninger.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1525
Contributor
Treveris, Peter, active 1522-1532
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZEa_25-1.5r
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
12 x 10 cm
Citation
“Anatomical diagram of the head and brain,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1687.