Heart and lungs
Descriptive Title: Heart and lungs.
Actual Title: Fig I Fol 9
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 15 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI093-0004
Scope and Content: Heart and lungs, shown in isolation with trachea and esophagus. Superior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary arteries and veins also shown. Illustration includes 'pop-up' or layered flaps over the heart; 2nd layer shows interior of right and left ventricles. Probes show all 4 heart valves. Anterior view.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: De homine
Author: Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Franciscum Moyardum & Petrum Leffen, 1662
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Heart and lungs
Descriptive Title: Heart and lungs.
Actual Title: Fig I Fol 9
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 15 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI093-0004
Scope and Content: Heart and lungs, shown in isolation with trachea and esophagus. Superior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary arteries and veins also shown. Illustration includes 'pop-up' or layered flaps over the heart; 2nd layer shows interior of right and left ventricles. Probes show all 4 heart valves. Anterior view.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: De homine
Author: Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Franciscum Moyardum & Petrum Leffen, 1662
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm