Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Decimasexta, Decimaseptima, Decimaoctava Septimi Libri Figura
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Work Record ID:
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0041223
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Shelfmark:
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Df.1.52
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Holding Institution:
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Edinburgh University Library
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Catalogue Number:
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410
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Title:
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Decimasexta, Decimaseptima, Decimaoctava Septimi Libri Figura
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Translated Title:
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Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Figures of the Seventh Book
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Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Associate Creator:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
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Associate Creator Name:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van
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Associate Creator Dates:
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b.1499, d.1546-1560
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Associate Creator Role:
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Designer
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Date:
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1543
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Description:
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Figure 16 shows the exposed pituitary gland. Figure 17 is of particular interest. It shows the rete mirabile, a network of fine blood vessels 'in the fashion in which it ought to appear according to the description of Galen in his De usu partium.' Though Vesalius does not say so explicitly here, the rete does not occur in Man, and, by 1543, he clearly knew this. The rete is found in many other mammals. Its function, mysterious for centuries, is now known to be regulation of the brain's temperature by using venous blood cooled by air circulation in the nose to cool arterial blood flowing to the brain. See the fascinating account by Forrester (Forrester, J. M., 'The marvellous network and the history of enquiry into its function', J. Hist. Med. All. Sci. 57, 2002, 198-217). Figure 18 is a diagram of the infundibulum and pituitary gland.
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Work Type:
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Print
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Measurement:
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42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 1/4")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Woodcut
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Subject Category:
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Anatomy
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Subject Category:
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Brain
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Subject Category:
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Human Body
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Reference:
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Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
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Related Work Title:
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De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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Related Work Page No:
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page 621
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Related Work Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Cropped Tiff
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86450405
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Repro Notes:
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page 621
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Repro Title:
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Decimasexta, Decimaseptima, Decimaoctava Septimi Libri Figura
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Repro ID Number:
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0041223c
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ai0223
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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02/08/2004 12:24:00
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