Engravings of the skeleton of the human body / [John Gordon].

  • Gordon, John, 1786-1818
Date:
1818
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Engravings of the skeleton of the human body / [John Gordon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tus Plate exhibits a view of the Vault and Base of the Cavity of the Cranium, in the dried Skull of a Man of medium stature, well formed, and aged thirty-four years. The Skull from which the Drawings were taken, was prepared by myself, and is still in my possession. ‘The Section of the Bones was made with a fine Hry’s Saw. FIGURE 1. Exhibits a view of the Inner Surface of the Vault of the Cranium. A straight line drawn from a to Jin the original, (the thickness of the Bone being excluded,) measured exactly six inches and three fourths.