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Title
Abbildung von zwei menschlichen Embryonen, der eine von neun, der andere von zwölf Wochen, der letztere innerhalb der Eihüllen
Subject
Humans--embryology
Book Illustrations
Description
Lithograph by E. Giltsch after an image by Erdl
Depicts a human embryo at nine weeks taken out of the egg sack and three times enlarged (Figure 1) and a human embryo within the egg sack depicted as its actual size at twelve weeks (figure 2).
Title from table of contents.
Creator
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
Giltsch, E.
Erdl, M. P. (Michael Pius), 1815-1848
Source
Original image in: Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919. Anthropogenie, oder, Entwickelungsgeschichte des menschen (Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann, 1874). Bc 25a (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Ernst Haeckel's Anthropogenie, oder, Entwickelungsgeschichte des menschen, a simplified embryology textbook focusing on ontogeny and phylogeny, was first published in 1874. Challenged on the accuracy of its embryological illustrations and it's promotion of the recently developed theories of Darwin, the book's publication was the subject of much controversy. Many of the work's embryological illustrations were borrowed from previous textbooks, along with a few originals by Haeckel himself.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1874
Language
ger
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Bc_25a.pl6
Original Format
1 print : lithograph
Physical Dimensions
17 x 11 cm
Citation
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919, Giltsch, E., and Erdl, M. P. (Michael Pius), 1815-1848, “Abbildung von zwei menschlichen Embryonen, der eine von neun, der andere von zwölf Wochen, der letztere innerhalb der Eihüllen,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed September 12, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/209.