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| Anatomy. Osteology, Angeology, Splancnology, Myology or muscles of the body. E.Rooker, Copperplate engraving with detailed information on every aspect of Anatomy. Including page from Dictionary explaining the word Anatomy, 1786. Size 53 x 40 cm, condition good. Price £195.00 / $316.00 (plus packing and postage). Click for info |
Hippocrates, 460-377 B.C.was the first to treat anatomy as a science, but it was not until Aristotle, 384-327 B.C.that this was taken seriously. It was he who gave the name aorta to the principle artery.
In the first century the Roman government forbade the dissection of human bodies. In 1415 Mindino, a professor of anatomy in Bologna gave public demonstrations of the results of his dissection. Berenger, Columbus Fallopius, and Eustachius, all added facts to the science. However it was not until 1832 that the practise of dissection was legalised by an Act of Parliament, in order to stop the rifling of graveyards by "body-snatchers" (as described in Charles Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities").
All of this activity has left us with some wonderful anatomical prints - just the thing for your consulting rooms if you are a doctor. Or, if you have a strong stomach, your kitchen.
Selected antique Medical and Anatomical prints currently in stock
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Muscles at the front of the fore-arm, showing the lower part of the biceps muscles, its tendon, the lower part of the humerus, the inner condyle and more. W.Fairland lithographed, Printed by C. Hullmandel, Edited by Jones Quain M.D. Published by Taylor and Walton for the University of London 1836. 30 x 49cm Large
£75.00 /$122.00
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Muscles 25. The transversalis muscle of the abdomen, showing the sternum, the cartilages of the ribs, the crest of the ilium and more. J.Walsh, Edited by Jones Quain M.D. W.Fairland lithographed, Printed by Graf and Soret for Taylor and Walton, publishers to the University of London, 1836. 30 x 49cm Large
£75.00 /$122.00
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Backbone, Chest, Neck, Feet.Plate XIX. Detailed Anatomical print circa 1900. 22 x 30 cm
£35.00 /$56.00
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Anatomy Plate 3. Showing spine, vertebrae, ribs and more. The National Encyclopedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published by William Mackenzie circa 1884. 16 x 24 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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Osteology. Cranium. Copper plate engraving showing Cranium of Georgian Female, Turk, Negro, and Caribs. Published as the Act directs by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807. 21 x 27 cm
£60.00 /$98.00
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Teeth and Jaw, Copper plate engraving, coloured, from A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, engraved by W.H.Lizars, Edinburgh, circa 1822. 25 x 41cm Large
£75.00 /$122.00
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Teeth and Jaw 2. Copper plate engraving, lightly coloured, from A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, engraved by W.H.Lizars, Edinburgh, circa 1822. 25 x 41cm Large
£70.00 /$114.00
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Albinus Tab XXXII. Bernhard Siegfried Albinus 1697-1770, Professor of Medicine, who became one of the most famous teachers of Anatomy. Copper plate engraving from Explicatio tabularum Anatomicum Bartholomaei Eustachii,circa 1761. 19 x 30 cm
£75.00 /$122.00
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Myology Front. Milton, copper plate engraving, published as the Act directs by Longman and Rees 1803. 18 x 26 cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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Myology back. Milton, copper plate engraving, published as the Act directs by Longman and Rees 1803. 18 x 26 cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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The Human Body. B.N.A. Terminology. Coloured prints, Showing 5 pictures. I. Heart and Blood Vessels, II. Bony Skeleton, III. Superficial Musculature, IV. Deep Musculature, V. Viscera. Full key explanation, circa 1920. 18 x 25.5 cm
£34.00 /$55.00
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Cure Kneipp. Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) Coloured print showing his treatments including cold rinses, water stepping, hot and cold half and full baths,using naturopathic medicine and healing remedies which are used to this day. 15 x 23 cm
£28.00 /$46.00
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The Manner of Burying the Dead at HolyWell Mount near London during the dreadful Plague in the reign of Charles II. 1665. Copper plate engraving published by Alexander Hogg circa 1780. 20 x 32 cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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Distribution of Diphtherie, Tuberculosis, Typhus and Cancer in Germany in the year 1900. Coloured map from Meyers konversation Lexicon, 1906. 26 x 21 cm
£25.00 /$40.00
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Anatomy XX, Veins, Arteries. Copper plate engraving, showing veins and arteries, engraved by Kirkwood and Sons, circa 1800. 20 x 26.5 cm
£58.00 /$94.00
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Leg. Hip and Knee . The National Encyclopedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published by William Mackenzie circa 1884. 24.5 x 16 cm
£30.00 /$48.00
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Legs, showing circulation, Vertebra and inside of head. Lithograph, circa 1880. 20 x30 cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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Surgery. Instruments for the Extraction of the Cataract. J.Farcy, Copperplate engraving, showing various intruments, including a tube for injecting quicksilver, engraved by Lowry, published as the Act directs by Longman, Hurst, Rees,Orme and Brown c.1810. 21x 26 cm
£40.00.00 / $65.00
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Chirurgie 9. Copper plate engraving from The Encyclopedia by Diderot circa 1770. 15 x 20.5 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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Chirurgie 30. Copper plate engraving from The Encyclopedia by Diderot circa 1770. 15 x 20.5 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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Nerves of the Liver, Gall-bladder, Pancreas and Stomach. William Henry Hall, The New Encyclopedia or Modern Universal Dictionary, Published as the Act directs 1789. 21 x 35.5 cm
£68.00 /$110.00
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Viscera Plate 2. Milton, Copper plate engraving, published as the Act directs by Longman, Hurst, Rees,Orme and Brown 1814. 26.5 x 20cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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Liver. Copper plare engraving from an Encyclopaedia , published circa 1800. 18.5 x 31 cm
£48.00 / $75.00
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Muscles of the neck, front and side, also showing platisma myoides. J.Walsh, Edited by Jones Quain M.D., Lithographed by C. Hullmandel , printed by Graf and Soret,for Taylor and Walton, University of London, 1836. 28 x 48 cm
£70.00 /$114.00
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Clavicle, showing brachialis anticus in its entire extent. W.Fairland, Edited by Jones Quain M.D., Lithographed by C. Hullmandel , printed by Graf and Soret,for Taylor and Walton, University of London, 1836. 30 x 49.5 cm
£65.00 /$105.00
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Foetal circulation, with Placenta and umbilical cord, muscles of the larinx and teeth, with an exlanation of the illustrations. A.Krausse, lithograph, date 1878. 26.5 x 38 cm
£58.00 / $94.00
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Midwifery 3. reduced from Smellie's Tables by Frederick Birnie, Anatomical Draughtsman to the late Dr.William Hunter, Copperplate engraving by William Taylor for the royal National Encyclopedia, published by C.Cooke, 1791. 26.5 x 38 cm
£60.00 / $98.00
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Skeleton, Copperplate engraving from an Encyclopedia, circa 1810. 21.5 x 29 cm
£48.00 /$78.00
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Edward Jenner (1749-1823), the discoverer of vaccination. Engraved by J. Brown from the Statue by W.C.Marshall, published by Virtue circa 1860. 16 x 23 cm
£25.00 / $40.00
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One of the Wards of the Hospital at Scutari. W. Simpson, lithograph by E.Walker,published by Colnaghi and Co. April 1856.(Florence Nightingale) 44 x 28.5 cm
£160.00 / $260.00
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