M0007239: Manuscript illustration of the human venous and nervous system

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Human figure, venous and nervous system, Persian, 18th C

Photograph of an illustration from an 18th century persian manuscript attributed to Shikastah-Nastaliq. The illustration depicts a human body showing the veins and nerves. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical

06 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:Wellcome MS Persian 449. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4092.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.