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Original fileAnatomical Study of the Stomach and Esophagus
menschlicher Magen mit Speiseröhre
About This Work
The image is a page from an anatomical text featuring four distinct numbered figures. Figures I and II show the esophagus connected to the stomach, detailed with nerves and blood vessels labeled with letters. Figure III reveals the stomach's outer tissue layers, while Figure IV exposes the internal surface of the organ. The print is rendered in black ink on paper, characterized by clean, clinical line work typical of 17th-century medical illustrations.
This print originates from a 17th-century anatomical treatise, representing the period's rigorous, empirical approach to internal human physiology. It exemplifies the influence of the anatomical tradition that evolved from Vesalian study toward the more specialized, observational natural philosophy of the early modern era.
Inscriptions(Latin)
De Partibus in Centro Apparentibus. 91 TABVLA NONA DE VENTRICVLO QVE QVATVOR FIGVras continet,quarum I.anteriores ostendit ventriculi partes, 2.posteriorem eiusdem faciem cum venis indicat, 3.ventriculi tunicas, 4.ventriculum inuersum explicat. LIB I. TAB XXXIX. A.Oesophagi orificium. A.B.Eius canalis. C.Oesophagi super quintam thoracis vertebram, à B.ad C.inclinatio. D.Eius ad sinistram inclinatio, à C.scilicet ad D. E.E.Tonsillæ duæ in faucibus Oesophago appositæ. F.F.Glandulosum corpus in medio ductu ad quintam vertebram. G.Oesophagi ad ventriculum nexus. H.Ventriculi orificium seu Pylorus. I.K.Ventriculi pars superior. L.L.Ventriculi pars anterior. P.Duodenum intestinum. I.I.Q.R.Meatus vesiculæ fellis in duodenum. 1.2.T.V.Nervus dexter & sinister sexti paris Oesophagum & sinistrum ventriculi orificium amplectens. 2.X.Y.Nervus sinister ventriculi superiora perreptans,& ad iecur vsque excurrens. 2.2.Vena gastrica dextra seu prima ventriculi vena,à trunco portæ, 2.b.Gastro epiplois dextra, vel secunda vena cum arteria & neruo ad ventriculi fundi dextram regionem. d.d.Vena coronaria stomachica, vel quarta vena cum arteria orificium sinistrum cingens, vt C.est gastrica minor feu tertia ventriculi vena. h.h.h.Eft tunica prima & extima à Peritonæo. i.Eft tunica secunda. k.Eft prima & intima. L.Eft sinistri orificii exteberantia circularis,vbi Oesophagus ventriculo iungitur. m.Eft dextri orificii exteberantia orbicularis,leu pylori circulus. n.Eft ventriculi superficies interior.
Translation
On the parts appearing in the center. 91. Ninth Table of the Stomach which contains four figures, of which 1. shows the anterior parts of the stomach, 2. indicates the posterior face of the same with veins, 3. the tunics of the stomach, 4. explains the inverted stomach. Book I. Table XXXIX. [Followed by a list of anatomical key labels.]
Connected Texts
Andreas Vesalius
This illustration follows the tradition of detailed anatomical plate documentation established by Vesalius in De humani corporis fabrica.
Provenance & Source
Object
engraving
laid paper
Baroque
German
anatomical
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506 × 820 px
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