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Bones of the Face - Spinal Collumn

April 21st, 2007 at 9:11 am » Comments (0)

Bones of the Face — the bones of the face shown in this plate are the nasal bone, forming the arch of the nose, and malar, which gives prominence to the cheek, the upper jaw, containing the upper teeth, in the lower jaw, containing the under teeth.
The Spinal Column — that portion of the spinal [...]



Shape of Skull

April 15th, 2007 at 7:39 pm » Comments (0)

Bones Seen in the Plate — the bones of the skull observed in this beautiful plate are: the frontal, which forms the four head or front part of the skull; the parietal, constituting a portion of the side and top of the head; the occipital, forming the lower and back part of the skull, and [...]



BONES OF THE HEAD, BASE AND NECK.

April 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pm » Comments (0)

Bones of the Skull — this illustration gives an accurate and faithful representation of the head, face and neck, surrounded by an outline of the fleshy parts as they appear in the human frame. The bones of the head, eight in number, constitute the skull, and those of the face, 14 and number, [...]



Beauty and Consistency of the Brain

April 11th, 2007 at 3:50 pm » Comments (0)

Beauty of the Brain Views — every view of the human brain we have seen in this series of magnificent and unparalleled anatomical plates has inspired our admiration and held us spellbound and utter astonishment in amazement at the limitless attributes, the diversified powers, and the variety of functions this wondrous and mysterious organ is [...]



VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE BRAIN, AND THE THOUHGTS IT SUGGESTS

April 7th, 2007 at 5:46 pm » Comments (0)

We now kick off a new section focusing on the base of the brain.
Shape of Brain– As so graphically delineated in this beautiful as well as natural illustration of the human brain, we glean a knowledge of the origin and source of its blood supply; the arteries are observed to distribute numerous branches in very [...]



The Olfactory Nerve & The Tongue

April 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pm » Comments (0)

This week I have uploaded a number of the pictures I’ve been promising for a couple weeks scanned. I will provide an administrative update about that soon after I do it, and I will go back and update hyperlinks in past articles directing to those images readers that find the articles and some date after [...]



Cerebrum and Cerebellum

March 29th, 2007 at 6:21 pm » Comments (0)

I’m starting to get caught up on my study of the book of medicine now. Today I’m covering a larger section on the cerebrum and cerebellum and tomorrow I’ll be covering the olfactory nerve in the tongue.
Cerebrum and Cerebellum - We observed that the cerebrum, the seat of mind and volition, is much larger [...]



Order of Brain Mechanism

March 28th, 2007 at 6:07 pm » Comments (0)

It’s been a few days since I visited the Book of Medicine so I’ve got a little catching up to do. Today on the cover a quick little section and tomorrow I’ve got a much longer section.
Order of Brain Mechanism - commencing from above and descending downward we observe the following important structures, [...]



SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN, FACE AND THROAT

March 21st, 2007 at 10:03 am » Comments (0)

Today were looking at another section, this one reviewing the brain, face and throat. I warn you in advance that the review is somewhat incomplete by the authors of the book and it’s more a review of the image that of any actual body parts. Before you too far into this section I [...]



VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE CRANIUM - Brain Cavity

March 20th, 2007 at 9:55 am » Comments (0)

today were moving into a new section looking at the base of the cranium.  In this section the book is referring to a top-down view of the skull.  Illustration is somewhat pale and lacking in details.  Nothing in this particular picture is labeled and in a sense the picture only gives the reader a slight [...]