The Anatomy of the Ear

Six small studies of the ear’s bones.

Work: from The Anatomy of the Human Ear
Maker: John Cunningham Saunders
Date: 1806
Held by: Published London, 1806 · Wellcome Collection

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The story

From John Cunningham Saunders's anatomy of the human ear, published in 1806. Six figures are scattered over a warm, foxed page: the temporal bone of a foetus, the small bones that carry sound from the drum to the inner ear, the mastoid and the tympanum from outside and within. The Wellcome Collection's record lists each figure and names the tiny stapedius muscle in the fifth. It is a page of studies made at the scale of a fingertip, delicate enough for a reading room or a consulting room.

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About this reproduction

A reproduction of from The Anatomy of the Human Ear — John Cunningham Saunders, 1806 — from the copy held by Published London, 1806 · Wellcome Collection. The source. The work is centuries out of copyright and in the public domain.
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