[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