Figure 14. Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam. (Bologna: Beneditcus Hector), 1523. These illustrations reflect a time when medical illustrators were concerned more with ornamenting the accompanying text than with accurately depicting their subjects. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. |