Plate XIII. Results of excisions of the head of the humerus. American Civil War (1861-65).

SEM of fracture through new bone

Blood clot forming over a wound

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

Blood clot with crenated red cells

Plate LIV. Results of resections at the elbow for shot injury. American Civil War (1861-65).

SEM clot, showing squamous tissue beneath

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A 3D digital representation of a knee joint Xray, printed onto aluminium plates. The xray image was printed digitally onto acetate and used as a negative. Silver gelatin was used to coat aluminium plates, making them photosensitive. These coated aluminium plates were then treated as a photographic piece of paper: the artist has used the traditional analogue processing methods of developing and fixing to produce the final images. This method was the primary processing method between the 1880s and the 1960s, before colour photographs gained popularity.



This image is of the knee joint as seen from the left. The knee cap, or patella, is seen in the left-hand side of the image, as the piece of floating bone. The bone above the joint is the femur, and two bones below are the tibia (left) and fibulla (right). 



This image is part of a bigger project called 'Soffice' or 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'



The original artwork is 11 x 14 cm.

A 3D digital representation of a knee joint Xray, printed onto aluminium plates. The xray image was printed digitally onto acetate and used as a negative. Silver gelatin was used to coat aluminium plates, making them photosensitive. These coated aluminium plates were then treated as a photographic piece of paper: the artist has used the traditional analogue processing methods of developing and fixing to produce the final images. This method was the primary processing method between the 1880s and the 1960s, before colour photographs gained popularity.



This image is of the knee joint as seen from the left. The knee cap, or patella, is the small bone to the left of the image. The bone above the joint is the femur, and two bones below are the tibia (left) and fibulla (right). 



This image is part of a bigger project called 'Soffice' or 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'



The original artwork is 11 x 14 cm.

A 3D digital representation of a knee joint Xray, printed onto aluminium plates. The xray image was printed digitally onto acetate and used as a negative. Silver gelatin was used to coat aluminium plates, making them photosensitive. These coated aluminium plates were then treated as a photographic piece of paper: the artist has used the traditional analogue processing methods of developing and fixing to produce the final images. This method was the primary processing method between the 1880s and the 1960s, before colour photographs gained popularity.



This image is of the knee joint as seen from the front. The knee cap, or patella, is represented by the circle in the centre of the image. The bone above the joint is the femur, and two bones below are the tibia (left) and fibulla (right). 



This image is part of a bigger project called 'Soffice' or 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'



The original artwork is 11 x 14 cm.

Colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of a fracture through a region of new bone, showing the layered construction.

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Plate XIII. Results of excisions of the head of the humerus. American Civil War (1861-65).

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

SEM of fracture through new bone

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Plate XIII. Results of excisions of the head of the humerus. American Civil War (1861-65).

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

SEM of fracture through new bone

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