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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

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Uploaded on February 3, 2014
Taken on February 3, 2014