Biology by the Slice
German anatomist Christian Wilhelm Braune revolutionized the study of human anatomy in the 19th century with his painstaking drawings of sectioned cadavers.
Jan 2, 2013
Images from Christian Wilhelm Braune's Topographisch-anatomischer Atlas, nach Durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern and Die Lage des Uterus und Foetus Ende der Schwangerschaft, nach durchschnitten an Gefrornen Cadavern., Leipzig : Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1872
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