Antique Print-T.60.-ANATOMY-PLACENTA-UMBILICAL-CORD-de Lairesse-Bidloo-1728 Gerard de Lairesse Prints by Category > Medical-Anatomy

Antique print, titled: ''T.60.'' - Tab. 60: This detailed anatomical plate displays the placenta and umbilical cord in various stages of dissection, focusing on the vascular structures, associated membranes, and the internal composition of the umbilical cord.The first figure shows the placenta (A) viewed from the fetal side, with the arteries (F) and veins (M) of the umbilical cord (H) filled with red and white wax, highlighting their branching across the surface (I) and deep into the tissue (K).The cord's two arteries and single vein are compared to twisted rope-like structures. The remains of the amniotic (E), chorionic (C), and decidual (D) membranes are visible.The second figure shows a cross-section of the placenta, revealing the thickness between layers B C, the glandular tissue (D), embedded vessels (E), fluid channels (F), and hollows resembling fat lobules (G).In the third figure, the umbilical cord is shown detached from the fetus and placenta, with labeled components: arteries (C), vein (D), urachal remnant (E), and gelatinous connective tissue.Finally, the fourth figure presents a microscopic cross-section of the cord, enhanced through water soaking, depicting the central vein (B), two arteries (C), tiny fluid ducts (D), fibrous structure (E), and faint outline of the urachus (F).This comprehensive anatomical rendering helps to trace blood and nutrient pathways between fetus and placenta and analyze umbilical structure and composition in anatomical detail. Original legend sheet available on request (if available due to legends of 2 plates being on 1 sheet).Made by Gerard de Lairesse after Govard Bidloo (author).Medium: Copperplate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 34.5 x 51 cm (13.58 x 20.08 inch). Image size: 26 x 42 cm. (10.24 x 16.54 inch).T.60.-ANATOMY-PLACENTA-UMBILICAL-CORD-VESSELS | BOEK-BIDLOOBACKGROUND INFORMATIONOntleding des Menschelyken Lichaams', Utrecht, 1728, published by Jacob van Poolsum. A later Dutch version of Govard Bidloo's most famous work, his monumental Anatomia humani corporis published in Amsterdam in 1685, containing 107 copperplate engravings. Like so many large and expensive anatomical atlases of the time, the work was not a financial success, and in 1690 he published a Dutch translation entitled, Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams, using the same plates. When this edition did not sell well either, Bidloo's publisher sold 300 of the extra printed plates to William Cowper, a noted English anatomist. Cowper published the plates with his own, English language text in Oxford in 1698 under the title, Anatomy of the humane bodies, without mentioning Bidloo or the artists of the original plates. Cowper went so far as to use Bidloo's engraved allegorical title page, amended with an irregular piece of paper lettered: "The anatomy of the humane bodies .," which fits over the Dutch title (see a comparison here). A number of vitriolic exchanges took place between Bidloo and Cowper, including several pamphlets published in each anatomist's defense. Cowper claimed, without much evidence presented, that the plates were not Bidloo's at all, but that they were commissioned by Jan Swammerdam (1637 1680) and that after his death Swammerdam's widow had sold them to Bidloo. The illustrations in Bidloos' work were drawn by Gerard de Lairesse (1640 1711) and engraved by Abraham Blooteling (1640 1690) and Peter van Gunst (1659? 1724?).Reference: Choulant, L. History and bibliography of anatomic illustration. Trans. and annotated by Mortimer Frank. (New York: Hafner, 1962). Pp. 250-253; Russell, K. F. British anatomy, 1525 1800: a bibliography of works published in Britain, America and on the Continent. 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1987). Introduction and nos. 211-214; National Library of Medicine (US) Unique ID: 2312021R.Text page included (if available, due to 2 text pages printed on ene shheet, otherwise a copy).Biography engraver: Gerard de Lairesse (1640