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Title:
Male cadaver showing the lymphatic system
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Male cadaver showing the lymphatic system
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Donaldson, Thomas (active 1742-1788)
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Donaldson, Thomas
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1742-1788
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Summary Creator:
Thomas Donaldson
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Thomas Donaldson
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Creator:
Fyffe, Andrew (b.1754, d.1824)
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Fyffe, Andrew (b.1754, d.1824)
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Fyffe, Andrew
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b.1754, d.1824
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Summary Creator:
Andrew Fyffe
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Andrew Fyffe
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Date:
Circa 1788
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Circa 1788
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Description:
This superb illustration, unusual in being life size, was probably executed by Thomas Donaldson, after a drawing (now lost) by Andrew Fyffe (1754-1824), who was artist and dissector to Monro Secundus (see also image ol0027). It was printed from three large copper plates, the prints being joined up afterwards, and the date is probably around 1788. Monro Secundus in Edinburgh and William Hunter in London both claimed to have discovered that the lymphatics are an absorbent system quite independent of the circulation. The question of precedence is still debated by historians of medicine. The lymphatics were displayed by being injected with mercury. Blood vessels (not shown here) were injected with wax.
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This superb illustration, unusual in being life size, was probably executed by Thomas Donaldson, after a drawing (now lost) by Andrew Fyffe (1754-1824), who was artist and dissector to Monro Secundus (see also image ol0027). It was printed from three large copper plates, the prints being joined up afterwards, and the date is probably around 1788. Monro Secundus in Edinburgh and William Hunter in London both claimed to have discovered that the lymphatics are an absorbent system quite independent of the circulation. The question of precedence is still debated by historians of medicine. The lymphatics were displayed by being injected with mercury. Blood vessels (not shown here) were injected with wax.
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168 x 60.5cm (5' 6 1/8" x 1' 11 13/16")
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168 x 60.5cm (5' 6 1/8" x 1' 11 13/16")
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Paper
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Etching
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Location:
School of Medicine/Anatomy Department
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Repro Old ID Number:
ol0033
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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Repro Capture Date:
04/08/2003 13:59:00
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