About This Item
Title
Two diseases of the cranium
            Subject
Skull Neoplasms
                    Skull--pathology
                    Skull--anatomy & histology
                    Book Illustrations
            Description
Wm. Clift del.; Heath sc.; published by Dr. Baillie, Oct. 30, 1802.
                    Anatomical diagram of the cranium with four excrescences of bone composed of spicules (fig. 1); and a cranium with tumor resembling ivory (fig. 2).
                    Title taken from plate explanation.
            Creator
Clift, William, 1775-1849
                    Heath, James, 1757-1834
            Source
Original image in: Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823. The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body (Albany : Printed by Barber & Southwick, for Thomas Spencer, bookseller, 1795). Ca 231 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
                    The Morbid Anatomy by Matthew Baillie was first published in 1793 and was a landmark work in the field of pathology. Several years later, to accompany the work, Baillie published the atlas, A Series of Engravings, which included plates prepared from drawings by William Clift.
            Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
            Date
1812
            Contributor
Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823
            Language
eng
            Type
StillImage
            Identifier
ZCa_17a.x1
            Original Format
1 print : engraving
            Physical Dimensions
31 x 24 cm
            Citation
Clift, William, 1775-1849 and Heath, James, 1757-1834, “Two diseases of the cranium,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2354.
    
