Newborn child, by Bauhin (1605)

Title

Description

This illustration represents a newborn child. The description in Latin reads "Ossium et cartilaginum pueri recenter nati constructio", indicating that the child is male. The gender of the newborn is marked by the allusion of the bow to cupid.

Creator

Bauhin, Caspar (1560-1624)

Source

Illustration in Theatrum anatomicum by Bauhin (1605). Tab. V, Fig. III., p. 1297
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System number: b30465618

Wellcome Collection:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/y2smet8e/images?id=ht6w4yry

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201108222542if_/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/y2smet8e/images?id=ht6w4yry

Date

1605

Format

Illustration.
Dimensions: Unknown