Anatomical diagram of the brain and skull of a horse

Horses--anatomy & histology

Brain--anatomy & histology

Skull--anatomy & histology

Book Illustrations

Artist unknown.

Diagram of a horse's head with the skull opened, in 2 figures. Figure V shows a cross-section of the brain seen from the bottom. Figure VI shows the skull emptied of the brain seen from above.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Original image in: Ruini, Carlo, -1598. Anatomia del cavallo, infermita, et suoi rimedii (Venetia : Appresso Fioravante Prati, 1618), page 43. ZVh 2 (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Anatomia del cavallo, Carlo Ruini's work on horse anatomy, was first published in 1598, two months after Ruini's death. Created by an unknown artist, the book is renown for its woodcut images, which were heavily influenced by works of human anatomy in the decades preceding it.

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

1618

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StillImage

ZVh_2.43

1 print : woodcut

33 x 22 cm