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Tabulae anatomical by Caldani and Bosa

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Tabulae anatomical ligamentorum corporus humani...

Venice, 1803. Copperplate engraving. National Library of Medicine.

Floriano Caldani
(1772-1836)
[anatomist]

Cajetano Bosa
[artist]

The dissection of a body in an arcadian or classical setting, sometimes attended by muses or iconic medical figures such as Hippocrates, was a favorite subject for the anatomical frontispieces in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

 

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