A series of engravings : accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body; divided into ten fasciculi / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
[1799]-1803
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Credit: A series of engravings : accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body; divided into ten fasciculi / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    E. A section of the left branch of the pulmonary artery near its origin. FF. The upper edge of the coagulable lymph, where it had been cut off along with that part of the pericardium, which surrounds the heart like a bag. The heart is here represented as of a smaller than the natu- ral size, in order to be accommodated to the size of the Plate. From the Author s Gollectioji. FIG. II. A. A portion of coagulable lymph covering a section of the heart, with small processes or flocculi arising from its surface. B. Shewing a part of it turned up from the pericardium. C. The pericardium immediately adhering to the heart, thick- ened by inflammation. D. A section through the aorta near its origin which has been by some accident compressed, so as to exhibit a narrow oval aperture. From Dr. Flunters Museum. FIG. III. A. A portion of a heart, from which a layer of coagulable lymph is partly turned off, and is partly left adhering to it. Some fine blood-vessels are seen ramifying upon the surface of the heart.