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McMurrich JP. Leonardo da Vinci - the anatomist. (1930) Carnegie institution of Washington, Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore.

Leonardo da Vinci (1930): 1 Introductory | 2 Anatomy from Galen to Leonardo | 3 Possible Literary Sources of Leonardo’s Anatomical Knowledge | 4 Anatomical Illustration before Leonardo | 5 Fortunes and Friends | 6 Leonardo’s Manuscripts, their Reproduction and his Projected Book | 7 Leonardo’s Anatomical Methods | 8 General Anatomy and Physiology | 9 Leonardo’s Canon of Proportions | 10 The Skeleton | 11 The Muscles | 12 The Heart | 13 The Blood-vessels | 14 The Organs of Digestion | 15 The Organs of Respiration | 16 The Excretory and Reproductive Organs | 17 The Nervous System | 18 The Sense Organs | 19 Embryology | 20 Comparative Anatomy | 21 Botany | 22 Conclusion | References | Glossary of Terms | List of Illustrations

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Leonardo da Vinci - The Anatomist

List of Illustrations

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, probably by himself. Royal Palace, Turin (Anderson) Frontispiece

Chapter II Anatomy from Galen to Leonardo

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  Fig. 1. An “Anatomy.” From the Fasciculo di Medicina (Venice, 1493). After the facsimile published by C. Singer, Florence, 1925, p. 64 18

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  Fig. 2. A dissection by Guido da Vigevano (1345). Archiv fur Ge schichte der Medizin, vol. 7, pi. 1, 1914

Chapter IV Anatomical Illustration before Leonardo

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  Fig. 3. Situs figure from the Fasciculus medicinse (1491). After the facsimile published by K. Sudhoff and C. Singer, Milan, p. 10, 1924

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  Fig. 4. Leonardo’s Situs figure. (QI, 12)

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  Fig. 5. A Wound Man. Title page of the Book of Cirurgia by Hieronymus Brunschwig (Strassburg, 1497)

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  Fig. 6. Situs figure from Peyligk’s Philosophise Naturalis Compendium (Leipzig, 1499). After K. Sudhoff, Studien zur Geschichte der Medizin, Heft 8, pi. 7, 1909

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  Fig. 7. Situs figure from the Antropologium, de hominis dignitate of Magnus Hundt (Leipzig, 1501). After Choulant

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  Fig. 8. The brain and sense organs from the Antropologium of Magnus Hundt (Leipzig, 1501). After Sudhoff, Studien, Heft 8, pi.

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  Fig. 9. Situs figure from the Spiegel der Artzny of Laurentius Phryesen (Strassburg, 1518)

Chapter VII Leonardo’s Anatomical Methods

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  Fig. 10. Transverse sections of the leg. (QV, 20.)

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  Fig. 11. Figures in which the muscles of the leg are represented by cords or wires. (QV, 4.)

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  Fig. 12. Figures of the surface anatomy of the leg with a comparison of the hip muscles of a man and a horse, the muscles being represented by cords or wires. (QV, 22.)

Chapter IX Leonardo’s Canon of Proportions

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  Fig. 13. The figure of a man inscribed in a circle and in a square. A drawing in the Royal Academy, Venice (Anderson)

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  Fig. 14. Figure illustrating the proportions of the head. (QVI, 1.)

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  Fig. 15. Figure showing the lines of measurement used in determining the proportions of the leg. (QVI, llv.)

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  Fig. 16. Figures illustrating the proportions of the face and eye. A drawing in the Royal Palace, Turin (Anderson)

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  Fig. 17. Proportions of the human body in the standing, kneeling and sitting postures. (QVI, 8.)

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  Fiq. 18. The Bone Man from the Priifling five-figure series (1158). From Sudhoff, Studien, Heft 1, pi. 13, 1907

Chapter X The Skeleton

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  Fig. 19. Skeleton from a Provengal manuscript in the University Library, Basel, Codex D II, 11 (End of thirteenth century). From Sudhoff, Studien, Heft 4, pi. 1, 190S

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  Fig. 20. Skeleton from the Dresden Codex No. 301 (1323). From Sudhoff, Studien, Heft 4, pi. 6, 1908

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  Fig. 21. Skeleton from the De arte phisicali of John Arderne (circa 1412). From Sudhoff, Studien, Heft 8, pi. 3, 1915

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  Fig. 22. Skeleton by Richard Helain (1493). From Sudhoff, Archiv, vol. 1, p. 57, 1907

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  Fig. 23. Skeleton from the British Museum Additional Ms. No. 21618. From Sudhoff, Archiv, vol. 8, p. 140, 1915

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  Fig. 24. The vertebral column by Leonardo. (AnA, 8v.)

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  Fig. 25. The cervical vertebra. (AnA, 8v.)

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  Fig. 26. The skull cut to show the frontal and maxillary sinuses. (AnB, 41v.)

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  Fig. 27. The bones of the arm in supination and pronation, together with the scapula and biceps muscle. (AnA, lv.)

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  Fig. 28. The bones of the hand, with a dissection of the tendons and ligaments of the fingers. (AnA, lOv.) 124

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  Fig. 29. Various figures of the bones of the foot with a sketch of the bones of the shoulder. (AnA, 12.) 125

Chapter XI The Muscles

Fig. 30. The Muscle Man from the Raudnitz five-figure series (1399). From Sudhoff, Archiv, vol. 3, pi. 12, 1910

Fig. 31. The abdominal muscles from Pietro di Abano’s Conciliator differentiarum (1496). From Sudhoff, Archiv, vol. 3, pi. 2, 1910

Fig. 32. The muscles of the neck and shoulder. (AnA, 3v.)

Fig. 33. Two representations of the muscles of the back and shoulder. (AnA, 16.) 137

Fig. 34. A cord diagram of the muscles supposed to stabilize the cervical vertebra in movements of the head. Also a sketch showing the insertions of muscles into the spine of a vertebra. (QII, 5v.)

Fig. 35. Diagrammatic representation of the superior serratus posterior and the serratus anterior. (Q0, 8.)

Fig. 36. The muscles of the shoulder, trunk and leg. (AnA, 15v.)

Fig. 37. Figures showing the form of the diaphragm. (QI, 5.)

Fig. 38. The abdominal muscles. (QI, 5.)

Fig. 39. The scapular and brachial muscles. (AnA, 2.)

Fig. 40. The muscles of the arm and forearm. (AnA, 9v.)

Fig. 41. Dissections of the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the hand and fingers. (AnA, 19.)

Fig. 42. The muscles and tendons of the sole of the foot. (AnA, 11.)

Fig. 43. Diagram of the structure of the heart in Ioannes Adelphus’ edition of Mondino’s Anathomia (Strassburg, 1513). After C. Singer, Fasciculo di medicina, vol. 1, fig. 59, 1925

Chapter XII The Heart

Fig. 44. Two figures of the heart. (QII, 3v.)

Fig. 45. Dissection of the heart showing papillary muscles and a moderator band. (QII, 14.)

Fig. 46. The thoracic and abdominal viscera, the heart dissected and showing several moderator bands in each ventricle. (QIV, 7.)

Fig. 47. Sketches of the base of the heart and of the papillary muscles and chordae tendineae of the left ventricle. (QIV, 14.)

Fig. 48. The tricuspid valve from above and from below, showing the attachments of the chordae tendineae. (QII, 8v.)

Fig. 49. Studies of the vortices in the pockets of the semilunar valves. (QIV, 11.)

Fig. 50. Figures illustrating the comparison of the heart and bloodvessels with a sprouting nut with its plumule and radicle. In the figure to the right the azygos vein is well shown. (AnB, 11.)

Chapter XIII The Blood-Vessels

Fig. 51. The superficial veins of the arm and a sketch comparing the arteries of a centenarian with those of a child. (AnB, 10.)

Fig. 52. Early study of the heart and blood-vessels. (QV, 1.)

Fig. 53. Dissections of the heart, lungs, abdominal viscera and bloodvessels. (QIII, lOv.)

Fig. 54. The great vessels of a centenarian. (AnB, 33.)

Fig. 55. The superficial pectoral and epigastric veins. (AnA, 6.)

Fig. 56. Figures of the hepatic artery and portal vein. (AnB, 34v.)

Fig. 57. The iliac vein and its branches. (AnB, 6v.)

Fig. 58. The hypogastric vessels and the umbilical vein. Above is a frontal section through the cervical vertebrae showing the costotransverse foramina. (AnB, 4.)

Fig. 59. An early sketch of the digestive tract and longitudinal and transverse sections of the penis. (QIII, 3v.)

Fig. 60. Above a supposed arrangement of the intestine; below the stomach, liver and spleen with splenic vein; to the right the caecum and appendix. (AnB, 14v.)

Fig. 61. A second arrangement of the intestines. To the right suggestion as to the mode of entrance of the ureter into the bladder. (AnB, 14.)

Fig. 62. The lungs, diaphragm, liver, stomach and spleen of an animal. (AnB, 37 v.)

Fig. 63. The mesentery. (AnB, 3.)

Fig. 64. The great omentum with the hypogastric vessels and the umbilical vein. To the left the deep epigastric veins. (AnB, 22v.)

Fig. 65. Dissection of the neck, in which an animal’s larynx is represented as human. (QV, 16.)

Chapter XV The Organs of Respiration

Fig. 66. Various figures of the larynx and trachea. The surface modeling of the leg. (AnA, 3.)

Fig. 67. The heart and bronchi after maceration away of the lung parenchyma. To the right representations of the bronchi. (QII, 1.)

Fig. 68. Sketch of the lungs and heart, showing the pleural cavities. (QIV. 3.)

Chapter XVI The Excretory and Reproductive Organs

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  Fig. 69. The male organs of reproduction. (QIII, 4.) 199

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  Fig. 70. The female organs of reproduction. (QI, 12.) 200

Chapter XVII The Nervous System

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  Fig. 71. A section through the skull and brain showing the brain membranes. (QV, Ov.)

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  Fig. 72. The ventricles of the brain and the cranial nerves. (QV, 8.)

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  Fig. 73. The ventricles of the brain and a view of its base. (QV, 7.)

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  Fig. 74. Cerebral localization. From G. Reisch: Margarita philosophise (Strassburg, 1504). After C. Singer: Fasciculo di medicina, part 1, fig. 69, 1925

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  Fig. 75. Figure showing the course and distribution of the reversive (vagus) nerve. To the right a longitudinal section of the trachea. (AnB, 33v.)

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  Fig. 76. Figures showing the arrangement of the brachial plexus. (AnB, 23 v.)

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  Fig. 77. Another figure of the brachial plexus. (AnB, 3v.)

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  Fig. 78. The lumbo-sacral plexus. (AnB, 6.)

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  Fig. 79. Figure showing the course of the long saphenous nerve. (QV, 20 v.)

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  Fig. 80. The branching of the common iliac vessels and the sciatic nerve. (QIV, 9.)

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  Fig. 81. The cervical portion of the spinal cord, showing the origins of the spinal nerves and what may be a suggestion of the ganglion ated cord. (AnB, 23.)

Chapter XVIII The Sense Organ

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  Fig. 82. Diagram of the structure of the eye. (CA, 337 II., A.)

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  Fig. 83. Diagram showing two possibilities of refraction within the eye. (D, 10.)

Chapter XIX Embryology

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  Fig. 84. Two figures of the membranes and circulation of the fetal calf. (AnB, 28.)

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  Fig. 85. Representations of the human fetus at term and of the ungulate placenta. (QIII, 8.)

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  Fig. 86. Diagram of the umbilical and hypogastric vessels. (AnB, 29 v.)

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  Fig. 87. Diagram of the human fetal circulation. (QI, 1.)

Chapter XX Comparative Anatomy

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  Fig. 88. Dissection of the foot of a bear. (QV, 11.)

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  Fig. 89. Dissection of a bird’s wing. (QIV, 1.)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1930): 1 Introductory | 2 Anatomy from Galen to Leonardo | 3 Possible Literary Sources of Leonardo’s Anatomical Knowledge | 4 Anatomical Illustration before Leonardo | 5 Fortunes and Friends | 6 Leonardo’s Manuscripts, their Reproduction and his Projected Book | 7 Leonardo’s Anatomical Methods | 8 General Anatomy and Physiology | 9 Leonardo’s Canon of Proportions | 10 The Skeleton | 11 The Muscles | 12 The Heart | 13 The Blood-vessels | 14 The Organs of Digestion | 15 The Organs of Respiration | 16 The Excretory and Reproductive Organs | 17 The Nervous System | 18 The Sense Organs | 19 Embryology | 20 Comparative Anatomy | 21 Botany | 22 Conclusion | References | Glossary of Terms | List of Illustrations

Reference: McMurrich JP. Leonardo da Vinci - the anatomist. (1930) Carnegie institution of Washington, Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore.

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