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Title
A direct fore-view of the womb, after the outer stratum of its substance had been dissected off, to shew the distribution of the larger uterine vessels in their way to the placenta …
Primo, sive extimo substantiae strato sublato, vasorum distributo majorum, eorumque versus placentam (quae hic parti anteriori et sundo uteri adhaerebat) progressus, melius conspiciuntur
Subject
Pregnancy
Uterus--anatomy & histology
Fetal Development
Book Illustrations
Description
J.V. Rymsdyke delin.; Menil sculp.
Anatomical diagram of gravid uterus, anterior view, with the outer layer of the uterus removed.
Picture caption: Idem Uterus a fronte. Primo sive extimo substantiae strato sublato, vasorum ampliorum distributio, eorumque versus Placentam (quae hic parti anteriori et fundo Uteri adhaerebat) progressus melius conspiciuntur.
Title from plate description.
Creator
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788
Menil
Source
Original image in: Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata (Birmingham : John Baskerville, 1774). Z 514 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, or The anatomy of the human gravid uterus by William Hunter was first published in 1774. It's 34 illustrations of the gravid uterus were printed life-sized from drawings primarily by Jan van Rymsdyk and engraved on copperplate by a number of individuals.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1774
Language
lat
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_514.pl17
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
58 x 42 cm
Citation
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788 and Menil, “A direct fore-view of the womb, after the outer stratum of its substance had been dissected off, to shew the distribution of the larger uterine vessels in their way to the placenta …,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed May 1, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2347.