Vision and visual perception
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Author(s):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650, author

 

Publication:

Amstelodami: Danielem Elsevirium, 1677

 

Language(s):

Latin

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Vision, Ocular

 

Genre(s):

Book Illustrations

 

Abstract:

Portion of head with the eyes represented above each other and focused on an arrow; lines extend from the eyes to the mid and terminal points of the arrow; visual receptor portion of the brain is shown, and the sense of smell is indicated by a flower.

 

 

Related Title(s):

Is part of: Tractatus de homine, et de formatione foetus ..., p. 151.; See related catalog record: 2331065R

 

Extent:

1 print

 

Technique:

woodcut

 

NLM Unique ID:

101436030

 

NLM Image ID:

A016386

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436030