The Arteries of the Neck

Gray’s Anatomy, figure 189, in red and blue.

Work: from Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical
Maker: Henry Gray, drawn by Henry Vandyke Carter
Date: 1858
Held by: Published London, 1858 · Wellcome Collection · via Wikimedia Commons

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The story

Figure 189 of Henry Gray's Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: the surgical anatomy of the arteries of the neck, right side. Gray wrote the text and his colleague Henry Vandyke Carter drew the illustrations, with the names cut into the drawings themselves so that the reader never had to hunt for a key. The carotid runs up the neck in red beside the jugular in blue, the head turned away to open the view. The Wellcome Collection's image keeps the printed text above and below. A first book for every new doctor since 1858.

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A reproduction of from Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical — Henry Gray, drawn by Henry Vandyke Carter, 1858 — from the copy held by Published London, 1858 · Wellcome Collection · via Wikimedia Commons. The source. The work is centuries out of copyright and in the public domain.
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