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Manchurian manuscript on anatomy. c. 1700.
Department of Oriental and Judaica Collections, Manju 49

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Pp. 40-41


This Manchurian manuscript on anatomy dates from about 1700. The drawings derive from the illustrations in the Anatomia written by the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680). His book was published in numerous editions in the latter part of the 17th century.

31.5 x 25.5 cm.


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