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Anatomical diagram of the intercostal muscles

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Title

Anatomical diagram of the intercostal muscles

Subject

Intercostal Muscles--anatomy & histology
Ribs--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Engraving attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet from a drawing by Gaspar Becerra and copied from a figure by Vesalius.--Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 205.
Diagram of a human figure, anterior view, with the sternum and front of the ribs removed (along with viscera) to reveal the intercostal muscles. The figure holds the removed sternum and rib portions which are attached to a staff.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Creator

Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570?
Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?

Source

Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano, Juan Valverde de Amusco’s 1556 work of anatomy, contained 42 illustrations, all but 4 of which were copies from the work of Vesalius. This edition is an Italian translation published in 1560 with the title Anatomia del corpo humano.

Publisher

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

Date

1560

Language

ita

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZAc_1.72a

Original Format

1 print : copperplate engraving

Physical Dimensions

23 x 15 cm

Citation

Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570? and Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?, “Anatomical diagram of the intercostal muscles,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2276.