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Plates of the thoracic and abdominal nerves, reduced from the original ... accompanied by coloured explanations, and a description of the par vagum, great sympathetic and phrenic nerves.

Johann Gottlieb Walter, Glasgow University Library · 1822 · London, 1822. · 5 pictures

A folio anatomical atlas of the thoracic and abdominal nerves, engraved after Johann Gottlieb Walter's plates and issued in London in 1822 with coloured keys for surgeons and medical students. Engraved dissections show the vagus, sympathetic chain and phrenic nerves threading between spine, kidneys, stomach and diaphragm, paired with flat watercolour-tinted schematics in green, yellow and orange with lettered leader lines.

Nervous System · Chest · Abdomen

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