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William Cowper

English surgeon and anatomist

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Anatomy
Surgery

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  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • The head of a dead man with the mouth open showing interior, with details of tonsil and other parts of mouth and throat. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo and W. Cowper, 1798.
  • The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Anatomia corporum humanorum centum et quatuor-decim tabulis ... ab excellentissimis, qui in Europa sunt, artificibus expressis ad vivum ... illustrata. Amplius explicata, multisque novis anatomicis inventis, chirurgicisque observationibus aucta a W.C / Accedunt eiusdem introductio in oeconomiam animalium ... Omnia nunc primum Latinitate donata. Curante G. Dundas, Brittanno [sic].
  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.
  • A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator: anterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.
  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
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Images featuring William Cowper

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  • William Cowper. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1698, after J. Closterman.
  • The post-boy : from Saturday January 25. to Tuesday January 28. 1723. Numb. 5386, On Saturday arrived the mail from France : Madrid, Jan. 16. N.S. The catholick King, Philip V. having taken a resolution to make an absolute renunciation of the crown of Spain, in favour of his eldest son.
  • The post-boy : from Saturday January 25. to Tuesday January 28. 1723. Numb. 5386, On Saturday arrived the mail from France : Madrid, Jan. 16. N.S. The catholick King, Philip V. having taken a resolution to make an absolute renunciation of the crown of Spain, in favour of his eldest son.
  • Time pushes back a curtain to reveal Fame greeting a woman representing Anatomy; below, putti study anatomy. Line engraving, 1698.
  • William Cowper. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1698, after J. Closterman.
  • William Cowper. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1698, after J. Closterman.

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Frequent collaborators

Govert Bidloo
Gerard de Lairesse
Denis Diderot
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
Human anatomy
Muscles
Leg
Blood Circulation
Arteries
Arm
Thigh
Buttocks
Surgical Instruments
Brain