About This Item
Title
Placenta and decidua
Subject
Pregnancy
Placenta--anatomy & histology
Decidua--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
J.V. Rymsdyke delin.; Menil sculp.
Anatomical diagram of the placenta and decidua in 4 figures.
Picture caption: Ab eodem Cadavere. Fig. I. Placenta Fundo et posticae Uteri parti adhaerescens; Substantia ejus spongiosa injecta per vasa uterina cera tugescit. Fig. II .Portio aliqua Placentae transversim secta, ut substantia ejus spongiosa appareret, ejusdemque cera adimpletae crassities. Fig. III. Sistit Arterias. Fig IV. Venas illius partis membranae Deciduae, quae parietem Uteri anteriorem investiverat.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788
Menil
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.pl24
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
58 x 42 cm
Citation
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788 and Menil, “Placenta and decidua,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2350.