A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

Clavdii Galeni Pergameni, Opus de usu partium corporis humani, magna cura ad exemplaris graeci veritatem castigatum ... / Nicolao Regio Calabro interprete.

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