COLLECTION NAME:
Ars Anatomica
Record
Work Record ID:
0041168
Shelfmark:
Df.1.52
Holding Institution:
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number:
347
Title:
De Vena Arteriali, et arteria venali. Caput XV.
Translated Title:
The Pulmonary Veins and Arteries, Chapter 15.The first figure shows the arterial vein [i.e. the pulmonary ARTERY] freed from all other parts.This figure [the second on the page] shows, freed from all other parts, the venous artery [i.e.the pulmonary VEIN] with its parts lettered.
Creator:
Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
Creator Role:
Author
Associate Creator:
Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
Associate Creator Name:
Calcar, Jan Stefan van
Associate Creator Dates:
b.1499, d.1546-1560
Associate Creator Role:
Designer
Date:
1543
Description:
The two figures on this page show the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein / left atrium. It was not until after the discovery of the pulmonary transit of the blood (effectively by Realdus Columbus - but see Whitteridge for discussion and for Servetus's part in this), then Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood, that the names of these vessels connecting the lungs and heart were correctly assigned. We now know that the right heart pumps blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs whence it returns, now oxygenated, by the pulmonary vein(s) to the left heart, to be ejected again via the aorta into the gneral arterial circulation. None of this was known to Vesalius.
Work Type:
Print
Measurement:
42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 1/4")
Material:
Ink
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Woodcut
Subject Category:
Anatomy
Subject Category:
Circulation
Subject Category:
Human Body
Reference:
Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
Related Work Title:
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Related Work Page No:
page 411
Related Work Creator:
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes:
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Rights Statement:
Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Title:
De Vena Arteriali, et arteria venali. Caput XV.
Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
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