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Title
From a third subject, in the ninth month of pregnancy …
A tertio cadavere, nono graviditatis mense …
Subject
Pregnancy
Uterus--anatomy & histology
Vagina--anatomy & histology
Urinary Bladder--anatomy & histology
Fetus--anatomy & histology
Fetal Development
Book Illustrations
Description
Rymsdyk delin.; Mechel sculp.
Anatomical diagram of a ninth month fetus in utero, anterior view. Vagina, bladder, and uterus can be seen.
Picture caption: A tertio cadavere, nono graviditatis mense. Aperto Utero (Vagina et Vesica urinaria integris) incisis scilicet, una cum anteriori Uteri pariete, secundinis, ei adhaerentibus, et in fundum Uteri reclinatis, situs Foetus (qui hic erectus est) conspicitur. Vasa Uteri cera erant repleta.
Title from plate description.
Creator
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
Source
Original image in: Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata (Birmingham : John Baskerville, 1774). Z 514 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, or The anatomy of the human gravid uterus by William Hunter was first published in 1774. It's 34 illustrations of the gravid uterus were printed life-sized from drawings primarily by Jan van Rymsdyk and engraved on copperplate by a number of individuals.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1774
Language
lat
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_514.pl13
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
58 x 42 cm
Citation
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788 and Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817, “From a third subject, in the ninth month of pregnancy …,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2346.