M0007243: Manuscript illustration of human body, arteries and viscera

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Human body, arteries and viscera, Persian, 1893

Photograph of an anatomical drawing of the human arteries and viscera found in a 1893 Persian manuscript with a seal bearing the words "Murajiah va taftish shud" held in the India Office. This reproduction was taken from Choulant, Ludwig: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration: in its relation to anatomic science and the graphic arts, Chicago: The University of Chicago press, 1920. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28 August 1935 (PHO 4090). Related images: M0000401, M0000402, M0000403, M0000404, M0000405, M0000407, M0000408, M0000409, M0000410, M0000411, M0000412, M0000414, M0000415, M0000416, M0000422, M0000432, M0007242.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4090.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.