Human fetus

Fetus--anatomy & histology

Placenta--anatomy & histology

Umbilical Cord--anatomy & histology

Fetal Development

Book Illustrations

Artist unknown.

Anatomical diagram of a fetus inside of the amnion membrane with umbilical cord and placenta present (fig. 9); the fetus turned to show length of umbilcal cord (fig. 10); and the fetus with the umbilical cord wrapped around it (fig. 11).

Title supplied by cataloger.

Original Image in: Fabricius, ab Aquapendente, approximately 1533-1619. De formato foetu (Venetiis : Per Franciscum Bolzettam, 1600), plate 5. ZGGc 4 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

De formato foetu, first published in 1600, is one of the most extensive early modern medical works on fetal anatomy. Written by Hieronymus Fabricius, a professor at the University of Padua, it features one of the more accurate descriptions of the human placenta and umbilical cord, as well as detailed descriptions of animal fetal anatomy. Its 34 engraved plates, by an unknown artist, illustrate fetal anatomy in various animals, ranging from humans to sheep, horses, and sharks.

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

1600

lat

StillImage

ZGGc_4.pl5

1 print : engraving

40 x 27 cm