Scientific Illustration

collective-history:

Japan’s first treatise on Western anatomy, published in 1774, an example of Rangaku.

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inkmaps:

annadoll2001:

Trepanning instruments, circa 1790

These illustrations are from a book on European medicine introduced to Japan via the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki. Pictured here are various trepanning tools used to bore holes in the skull as a form of medical treatment.

Ah, an illustration of how I feel this week. 

muscavomitoria:

Dapper anatomy - Bailliere’s popular manikin

(via inkmaps)

auctionguide:

Bell, Charles. The Anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings, 1802

Galerie Bassenge, Decorative Prints, Berlin Germany, Oct 16th