[Human body as a house]

[Human body as a house]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Kats, Ṭoviyah, 1652?-1729
Publication:
Ṿinitsiʼah : bi-defus Bragadin, 467 [1708]
Language(s):
Hebrew
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Anatomy, Comparative
Genre(s):
Book Illustrations
Pictorial Works
Abstract:
This illustration from a Hebrew encyclopedia pairs the interior of a human interior with the interior of a house, a visual metaphor: the organs, like rooms in a house, have different functions.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Exhibition:
Exhibited: "Dream Anatomy," National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., October 9, 2002 to July 31, 2003.
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Ḥeleḳ rishon mi-Sefer ha-ʻOlamot, o, Maʻaśeh Ṭoviyah.; See related catalog record: 2661093R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
NLM Unique ID:
101434416 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A012523
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434416