Depiction of a child’s skeleton, from a 17th century medical textbook.
This public domain image comes from anatomist Govard Bidloo’s 17th century Dutch text,
Since Bidloo’s work was published in 1690, it is in the public domain.
Hosted by the National Institute of Health website.
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03.20.10
This is the image of a child skeleton. There is a crack in the skull. The crack is quite big. It is quite a spooky picture. The child is standing on a plank. On the left side is the shadow of the skeleton. It might sound funny but the skeleton looks as if it is ready to kick football!!!
03.22.10
This is the depiction of a child’s skeleton. This image is taken from anatomist Govard Bidloo’s 17th century medical text book. This drawing was used by early doctors to study the human body.
The drawing is actually a pencil sketch. And the image here is a photostat taken from a medical text book. The image is black and white in color. Even though the image is a pencil sketch it is a sharp and clear image. The drawing is made as a skeleton standing on a base. To give an originality to the image, shadow of the skeleton is also shown in the image.
When i saw the image i thought it was used to create a horror. Then after reading the details given under the image i understood it was depiction of a child’s skeleton used by doctors.The drawing is anyway an excellent one. The owner of this drawing deserves appreciation.
When i was doing my higher secondary there was a skeleton on our zoology lab. And our teacher used to explain to us the different parts. At that time many of the girls were frightened to go near the skeleton. They consider it as some ghosts. And me and my friends used to make fun of those girls. There are many stories relating skeleton with ghosts.
03.27.10
Child Skeleton: Depiction of a child’s skeleton, from a 17th century medical textbook. This public domain image comes from anatomist Govard Bidloo’s 17th century Dutch text, Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams. The drawing depicts the skeleton of a child and was used by doctors to study the human body. This text is part of early modern Western medicine. Since Bidloo’s work was published in 1690, it is in the public domain. Hosted by the National Institute of Health website. This is the image of a child skeleton. There is a crack in the skull. The crack is quite big. It is quite a spooky picture. The child is standing on a plank. On the left side is the shadow of the skeleton. It might sound funny but the skeleton looks as if it is ready to kick football!!! The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. It serves as a scaffold which supports organs, anchors muscles, and protects organs such as the brain, lungs and heart. The biggest bone in the body is the femur in the upper leg, and the smallest is the stapes bone in the middle ear. In an adult, the skeleton comprises around 14% of the total body weight,[1] and half of this weight is water.
09.22.10
The crack in the skull indicates that this is an infant’s skeleton. All babies are born with that and the bones eventually grow together as the child grows older. I wonder if people in those days understood that?