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A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his right forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1778, after an engraving by Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.

Human arterial system (fig. 1); tracheal artery (fig. 2); aorta (fig. 3). Engraving, 1778, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1707.

The new complete dictionary of arts and sciences; or, an universal system of useful knowledge. The theological, philosophical, critical, and poetical branches / by the Rev. Erasmus Middleton ... the medicinal, chemical, and anatomical, by William Turnbull ... the gardening and botanical, by Thomas Ellis ... the mathematical, etc. by John Davison.

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Middleton, Erasmus, 1739-1805

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Human arterial system (fig. 1); tracheal artery (fig. 2); aorta (fig. 3). Engraving, 1778, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1707.

A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his right forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1778, after an engraving by Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.