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Engraved plate with branching nerve structures, a brain base seen from below, and a spinal column with radiating fibres on pale paper.

Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body ... / Translated from the Latin.

Black-and-white engraved plate, marked Tab IV, showing branching nerve-like structures: a brain base seen from below, a spinal column with radiating branches, and networks of fibres arranged in rows across the page. Fine line hatching on pale paper gives the drawings a precise, anatomical character.

Artist
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date
1749
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2892 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1749.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Lámina grabada de nervios y base del cerebro, Tab IV

Lámina grabada en blanco y negro, marcada como Tab IV, que muestra estructuras ramificadas semejantes a nervios: la base del cerebro vista desde abajo, una columna vertebral con ramas radiales y redes de fibras dispuestas en hileras por la página. El rayado fino sobre papel claro da a los dibujos un carácter preciso y anatómico.

Português: Gravura anatômica de nervos e base do cérebro, Tab IV

Gravura em preto e branco, marcada como Tab IV, que mostra estruturas ramificadas semelhantes a nervos: a base do cérebro vista de baixo, uma coluna vertebral com ramos radiais e redes de fibras dispostas em fileiras por toda a página. Os hachuras finas sobre papel claro dão aos desenhos um caráter preciso e anatômico.

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