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Original fileAnatomical Study of the Human Abdominal Muscles
menschliche Bauchmuskeln
About This Work
This engraving depicts the frontal view of a male torso, truncated at the neck and mid-thigh. The abdominal wall is dissected; a flap of the external oblique muscle on the viewer's right side is pulled outward, revealing the internal layers. The rectus abdominis, lineamenta alba, and various oblique muscles are labeled with individual letters corresponding to a key below the image. The style is that of a medical plate, focusing on technical precision rather than artistic flair.
This plate is an illustration from Robert Fludd's *Utriusque Cosmi*, specifically regarding his medical and natural philosophical treatises which blended Renaissance anatomy with Hermetic and macrocosm-microcosm theories.
Inscriptions(Latin)
TABVLA SECVNDA DEMONSTRANS MVSCV- lorum Abdominis, fimul atque lineæ albæ effigiem. LIB: I. TAB. VI. In hac tabula musculi obliqui in sinistra regione, dextra vero pyramidalis, rectus & transversalis indicantur. A. Obliqui descendentis pars superior, quæ connectitur in b b. cum ferrato c c. & iterum eius altera extre- mitas CC. adhæret lineæ albæ dd. B. CC. est pars obliqui descendentis inferior. D. Est obliquus ascendens musculus. E E. Est musculus rectus dexter, in quo figuræ 1.2.3. sunt interfectiones tres cartilagineæ. F. Est musculus pyramidalis dexter: cui similis in sinistro latere in fine musculi sinistri reperietur. GG. Musculum transversum dextrilateris denotat. H H. Exprimunt fibras. I I. Illas obliqui descendentis. K K. Describunt fibras musculi transversi. d d d. Describunt lineam albam in medio.
Translation
Second table demonstrating the muscles of the abdomen, and also the appearance of the linea alba. Book I. Table VI. In this table the oblique muscles are indicated in the left region, while the pyramidal, rectus and transverse are indicated on the right.
Connected Texts
Robert Fludd
This illustration is a plate from Robert Fludd's work 'Utriusque Cosmi'.