1855 Antique Medical Book,Color Lithographic Plates AA+

Up for auction is this Antique 1855,Excellent Condition,Almost mint condition Medical Book with absolutely fantastic Lithographic Illustrations as follows:

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY,



ADAPTED TO THE USE OF



STUDENTS AND GENERAL READERS.



BY
T. S. LAMBERT, M. D., 

Prof. of Anatomy and Physiology in Pittsfield (Young Ladies') Institute, Brooklyn
(Qreenleaf 's Young Ladies') Institute ; Author of Notes to Erasmus
Wilson on the Skin, Popular Treatise on Bathing, etc.




WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFFY WOOD-CUT AND BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHIC
DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS.



PORTLAND:
SANBORN & CARTER.

NEW YORK: LEAVITT & CO.
1851.


Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by
T. S. LAMBERT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District
of New York.


DESCRIPTION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES.

PI. 1, Fig. 1. Represents the muscles and tendons a* they appear when the skin is
removed, except that the external muscles are also rerao^ ed from the left side ; they are
ehown upon the right side. The direction of the stripes shows the direction in which
the muscles and parts of the muscles contract, and of course the direction in which they
have a tendency to produce motion.

Fig. 2. The bones of the ankle and the internal muscles of the lower part of the leg.
The tendon of 84 is seen in the most beautiful manner, turning around the outer joint
of the ankle and under the foot, beneath which it passes to be attached to the bone back
of the great toe.

Fig. 3. Back portion of the jaw, the ear ; and, 36, temporal muscle attached to a
prominent point of the jaw, K.

Fig. 4. Lower portion of the chest, with the front portion of the ribs removed to
show ihe diaphragm 7, below which is seen a portion of the upper part of the abdomen,
with its front wall and organs removed. 2, 3, The back lower edge of the diaphragm,
the "pillars" of which are seen attached to the back-bone. The front lower edge of
the diaphragm is lower than here represented, especially at the side.

PI. 2, Fig. 1. View of the external muscles of the back, except upon the left side,
where the " middle" layer of muscles is brought to view.

Fig. 2. Internal muscles of the back.

Fig. 3., 4. Muscles and tendons beneath the foot.

PI. 3, Fig. 1. Front half of the chest and abdomen removed, presenting the organs of
those parts as they would appear in front, during life. They would not appear thus how-
ever, when the body is opened, as they would flatten and change their position, hence it
must be kept in mind that the organs are not flat, but project toward the observer, in the
centre, rounding back at the sides, as the body does when viewed in front. 1, Right
lung. 2, Left lung. 3, Diaphragm which arches up under the lungs, its front and
lower edge being attached to the front and lower edge of the ribs as seen. 4, The
liver, which lies up under the diaphragm in such a manner that if a knife should be thrust
through where the dotted line from 3 terminates, the liver would be wounded. 5, Stom-
- up under the lower curvature of  food. 6, Colon, where it passes the three longitudinal bands of
muscles which contract the colon into pouches, as seen. 7, The second stomach, the
commencement of which is seen in some of the woodcuts dispersed through the work.
8, Front surface of a small part of the spleen, the chief part of which, when the breath
is thrown out, is above and back of the part seen. 9, The base of the gall bladder which
lies forward 10 the edge of the liver, the upper part being found underneath the liver,
between it and the colon and stomach.

Fig. 2. Ideal view of the left lung 2, cut from side to side perpendicularly throueh
the middle. The right lung is seen contracted, as when the chest is opened. The
heart is between them. The object is to convey the idea that the air inhaled passes
through the windpipe and its divisions 1, 1, into air-cells, and that the blood passes into
the lungs through the artery 6. from the right heart 4, and after the blood has passed round
the air-cells and been acted upon by the air, comes back to the left heart 5, through the
vessels 7, of which there are two, leaving the lungs.

Fig. 3. A greatly magnified view of the net- work of capillary bloodvessels upon the
sides of the air-cells. It is not so extensive as would in fact cover the sides of a mus-
tard seed. The blond passes in through one set of vessels and passes back through an-
other, as the colors exhibit.


PL 4, Fig. 1. The red vessels represent the arteries of the entire body branching to
the various parts of the system, not precisely after the manner of the arteries of tho
body, but sufficiently accurate to convey a general idea. The blue vessels represent
the veins.

Fig. 2. R, Right heart. L, Left heart, from which the red vessels lead the blood
into the capillaries C, C, of the body, from which it comes back to the right heart, pass-
ing thence into R, L ; L, L, the capillaries of the lungs, thence back to L, left heart.

Fig. 3. Hearts and vessels separated from each other.

Fig. 4. Portal system of vessels. 1, Spleen. 2, Pancreas. 3, Portion of duodenum.
4, Gall bladder turned up, as better seen in woodcut. 5, Tube or duct, from the gall
bladder. 6, Duct from the liver. 7, 8, Veins from the second stomach ; 9, those from
the stomach, which with those from the spleen and pancreas unite to form the portal
vein 10, which divides and subdivides in the liver.

PI. 5, Fig. l.-B, Candle giving off blue light. Y. Candle giving yellow light. R,
Candle giving red light. In all cases the light passes from a candle in all directions, but
only so many rays as would enter the opening a, are represented. Such rays passing
through the opening a, fall upon the very much magnified commencing points of the
nerve 1. The light from no two candles is seen to act on any of the same nerves. 2,
Outer coats of the eye. 3, Pigmentum nigrum. Neither this nor any of the succeeding
figures are intended to convey any correct idea of the eye, except as it respects the ac-
tion of light thrown upon the nerves.

Fig. 2. The light is seen passing through a lens, by the action of which, the entire
yellow light passing through the pupil a, is made to act on one point ; the same is also
true of the light from R and B.

Fig. 3. R, Y, B, As heretofore. But in this case the lens has not acted upon tho
light sufficiently to cause it to act on a single nerve, but the red light acts over the
nerves between 4 and 6, the yellow light acts on the nerves between 5 and 7, and the
blue .light on the nerves between 6 and 8. The nerves between 4 and 5, and between 7
and 8, are acted on by one kind of light only, the nerves between 5 and 6 by both red
and yellow (orange), and the nerves between 6 and 7 by blue and yellow (green). This
is the case with long-sighted people. Most old people have indistinct vision from
this effect being produced by the insufficient action of the parts through which light
passes to the nerve.

Fig. 4. R, Y, B, As before. In this case the light is acted upon so powerfully that
it is bent to points or foci before it reaches the nerve ; it passes the point or focus there-
fore, and when it reaches the nerves, the red light acts over the space between 4 and
6, the yellow light upon the nerves between 5 and 7, the blue light on the nerves be-
tween 6 and 8, and the same cause of confusion exists as in case of Fig. 3 ; that it is
BO, is evident by bringing a thing so near to, and removing it so far from the eye, that it
becomes indistinct ; the sensation is similar in each case. So also when the locus of a
microscope or telescope is brought toward or removed from the eye. the effect is simi-
larly indistinct. This is the near-sighted eye.

Fig. 5. A, B, Are two rays of different colored light passing through the hole 2, in
partition 1, 1, and acting on the end of one nerve D, producing the effect of compound
light.

Fig. 6. A, B, Two rays of different colored light acting on two nerves, a simple
effect being produced on each nerve.

Fig. 7. W, a ray of white light passing through the pin-hole a, and bent upward aa
it is passing through the prism P. The blue light is bent the most, the yellow more
than the red but not as much as the blue, while the red is bent, but less than the yellow
and blue.

Fig. 8. The three colors which compose white light upon a small card. If it be
whirled rapidly on a pin thrust through the centre, the light from each part will act on
the same nerves, and the card will appear white.

Fig. 9. A mirror reflecting all kinds of light.

Fig. 10. A black object not reflecting any light.

Fig. 11, reflecting only red. Fig. 12, reflecting only yellow. Fig. 13, only blue.

IF YOU ARE A VERY FUSSY COLLECTOR OF MEDICAL BOOKS,I BELIEVE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND THIS BOOK MUCH BETTER SHAPE ANYWHERE. THIS IS THE BEST OLD BOOK OF THIS AGE I HAVE SEEN IN SINCE I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING. THERE IS FOXING ON THE FIRST FEW PAGES THAT ALMOST COMPLETELY DISAPPEARS FROM THE TITLE PAGE ON. THE PLATES HAVE VERY LITTLE TO NO FOXING ON THEM. THE LAST 3 OR 4 PAGES HAS SOME FOXING,ALL ELSE MINTY!

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