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.

Dan Cossins

Jan 2, 2013 | 1 min read

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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