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Original fileAnatomical Study of the Human Intestinal Tract
menschliche Gedärme
About This Work
The print is a scientific illustration featuring four separate ink drawings of portions of the human digestive system arranged on a page. Figure I shows the small intestine complex, Figure II and Figure III display segments of the large intestine and colon, and Figure IV provides a cross-sectional view of intestinal tissue layers. Each organ segment is marked with Latin letters to cross-reference the detailed anatomical labels provided in the text block beneath the illustrations.
This image is a plate from Robert Fludd's 'Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et Minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica Historia' (1617–1621), specifically part of his anatomical and physiological studies within his macrocosm-microcosm theory. It reflects the early 17th-century bridge between traditional natural philosophy and empirical, dissection-based anatomical study.
Inscriptions(Latin)
82 TABVLA SEXTA INTESTINVM QVODLIBET particulare ab inuicem distinctum & diuisum indicans. LIB I TAB. XV. Prima figura denotat intestina tenuid. Fig. 1. H.Indicat Pyloron, seu Portonarium, cum portione aliqua ventriculi, a H.ad K.Duodenum intestinum mensurat. L.Est meatus biliaris. M.Est ieiuni intestini initium. N.Est intestinorum tenuium finis. O.Est intestinorum crassorum initium. P.Est cæcum intestinum & vermiforme, eiusdem appendix. Fig. 2. Q.R.S.T. V.Longitudo coli intestini, ab O.scilicet ad Q.a rene dextro, & a Q.ad R.secundum ventriculi fundum, & ab R.ad S.a liene ad os pubis, & ab S.ad T.Coli fit recursus ad vmbilicum, & a T.ad V. deorsum ducitur, ad rectum intestinum. Fig. 3. * Aperitur Colon, & valuula eius ostenditur, quæ est in ingressu in cæcum intestinum. Fig. 4. Intestinorum tunicas demonstrat. e.e.Est prima seu exterior tunica. f.f.Secundam seu mediam tunicam indicant. g.Arguit & reuelat tunicam tertiam seu internam. h.h.Ostendunt messenterii portionem, quæ connectit intestinum rectum ossi sacro.
Translation
82. Sixth Table. Indicating any particular intestine, separated and divided from the others. Book I, Table XV. The first figure denotes the small intestines. Fig 1. H indicates the pylorus or gateway, with some portion of the stomach; from H to K measures the duodenum intestine. L is the biliary duct. M is the beginning of the jejunum intestine. N is the end of the small intestines. O is the beginning of the large intestines. P is the caecum and vermiform intestine, the appendix of the same. Fig 2. Q.R.S.T.V. The length of the colon intestine, from O, namely to Q at the right kidney, and from Q to R following the bottom of the stomach, and from R to S from the spleen to the pubic bone, and from S to T the colon returns to the navel, and from T to V it is led downwards to the rectum intestine. Fig 3. The colon is opened, and its valve is shown, which is at the entrance into the caecum intestine. Fig 4. Demonstrates the tunics of the intestines. e.e. Is the first or exterior tunic. f.f. Indicate the second or middle tunic. g. Argues and reveals the third or internal tunic. h.h. Show the portion of the mesentery which connects the rectum intestine to the sacrum bone.
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Robert Fludd
The engraving is a plate from Fludd's encyclopedic work 'Utriusque Cosmi Historia'.
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Baroque
German
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