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Anatomical diagram of the ear

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Title

Anatomical diagram of the ear

Subject

Ear--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Lithograph by T. Sinclair & Son from a drawing by Hermann Faber.
Diagram of the auricle (figure 1), temporal bone showing the chamber of the tympanum displayed from within and the malleus and incus as well as the Eustachian tube in position (figure 2), a frontal (vertical transverse) section of the chamber of the tympanum and the bottom of the external auditory meatus (figure 3), the tympanic membrane seen in position at the bottom of the external auditory meatus (figure 4), and the temporal bone so divided as to display the inner wall of the tympanic chamber (figure 5).
Title supplied by cataloger.

Creator

T. Sinclair & Son
Faber, Hermann

Source

Harrison Allen’s A System of Human Anatomy contains lithographs of drawings by Hermann Faber from dissections by the author. The book consists of five sections covering histology (by E. O. Shakespeare), bones and joints, muscles and fasci, arteries, veins, and lymphatics, the nervous system, and the organs of sense, of digestion, and genito-urinary organs.

Publisher

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

Date

1884

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZAd_2.pl97

Original Format

1 print : lithograph, color

Physical Dimensions

30 x 24 cm

Citation

T. Sinclair & Son and Faber, Hermann, “Anatomical diagram of the ear,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/190.