Plan of the foetal circulation
A cross section of the skin
Lymphatics of the head and neck. B, the thoracic duct
Lymphatics of the leg.
Skeleton
The Spine
Front view of the thorax
The Skull
The cartilages of the larynx; the trachea and bronchi
The root of the left lung
The right auricle and ventricle laid open
Passage into trachea and esophagus; Pharynx
The regions of the abdomen and their contents
Superficial veins of the head and neck
The arch of the aorta and its branches
Vertical section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura mater
Vertical section of the skull
Illustrating Galen’s physiological teaching
The basic principle of life, in the Galenic physiology, is a spirit, anima or pneuma, drawn from the general world-soul in the act of respiration. It enters the body through the rough artery (τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, arteria aspera of mediaeval notation), the organ known to our nomenclature as the trachea. From this trachea the pneuma passes to the lung and then, through the vein-like artery (ἀρτηρία φλεβώδης, arteria venalis of mediaeval writers, the pulmonary vein of our nomenclature), to the left ventricle. Here it will be best to leave it for a moment and trace the vascular system along a different route.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
The Microcosm
The idea of a close parallelism between the structure of man and of the wider universe was gradually abandoned by the scientific, while among the unscientific it degenerated and became little better than an insane obsession. As such it appears in the ingenious ravings of the English follower of Paracelsus, the Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd, who reproduced, often with fidelity, the systems which had some novelty five centuries before his time.
An anatomical diagram of about 1298
An anatomical diagram of about 1298
The first printed picture of dissection
The first printed picture of dissection
The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton.
The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton.
Title-page of Mellerstadt’s edition of the Anatomy of Mondino, Leipzig, 1493. The scene is laid in the open air
Title-page of Mellerstadt’s edition of the Anatomy of Mondino, Leipzig, 1493. The scene is laid in the open air
A dissection scene
A dissection scene
The first picture of dissection in an English-printed book
The first picture of dissection in an English-printed book
a lecture on anatomy
a lecture on anatomy
Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye
Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye
Leonardo Da Vincis diagram of the heart
Leonardo Da Vincis diagram of the heart
The figure shows the ten layers of the head
The figure shows the ten layers of the head
The layers of the head
The layers of the head
Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain
Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain
Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie
Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie
Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance
Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance
The Anatomy of the Eye
The Anatomy of the Eye
Diagram of the ventricles and the senses
Diagram of the ventricles and the senses with their relation to the intellectual processes according to the doctrine of the Renaissance anatomists.
The Anatomy of the Eye
From Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica, Basel, 1543, p. 643. a, Crystalline humour; o, Albugineous humour; c, Vitreous humour; n, Cornea; q, Conjunctiva; m, Sclerotica; g, Secundina; h, Uvea; k, Arachnoidea; e, Retina.
The finding of the infant St. George
CHARLES M. GERE. (From his painting in the New Gallery, 1893.)
The Rose Queen
by G. D. LESLIE, R.A. (From “Academy Notes,” 1893.)
An Odd Volume
A seated man reading a book
Tiresome Dog
“Tiresome Dog,” by E. K. Johnson.
A Son of Pan
“A Son of Pan,” by William Padgett. Example of outline drawing, put in solidly with a brush. If this had been done with pencil or autographic chalk, much of the feeling and expression of the original would have been lost. The drawing has suffered slightly in reproduction, where (as in the shadows on the neck and hands) the lines were pale in the original. Size of drawing 11½ × 6½ in. Zinc process.
Badminton in the studio
From the painting by R.W. MacBeth, A.R.A.
Ashes of Roses
This careful drawing, from the painting by Mr. Boughton, in the Royal Academy, reproduced by the Dawson process, is interesting for variety of treatment and indication of textures in pen and ink. It is like the picture, but it has also the individuality of the draughtsman, as in line engraving. Size of drawing about 6½ x 3½ in
Three girls and an old man
Little girl with a clock
Happy little boy in the rain
Boy climbing a tree
Older boy doing a magic trick
Young lady