Anatomical plate from Guido de Vigevano - from our story 'Guido da Vigevano’s Art of The Cadaver (1345)'

Anatomical plate from Guido de Vigevano

An anatomist making an incision from the neck through the upper ribs of a skeletal cadaver. He stands behind the cadaver, his right hand cutting with a large blade while his left arm comes round the cadaver's neck as he uses his left hand to pull back the ribs at the incision

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