DaVinci and the Brain

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From Magnus Hundt's Antropologium (published 1501). At top: ventriculi cerebri. Below: Anterio: medius postremus. Note that the lateral ventricles (at left) are paired.

Reference: Sudhoff, W. (1913) Die Lehre von den Hirnventrikeln in textlicher und graphischer Tradition des Altertums und Mittelalters. Archiv. Fur Geschichte der Medizin VII, 149-205, figure 12.

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