Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The circulatory system: diagram showing the heart, arteries, lungs and major organs, with a cartoon-style face and hands. Watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, ca. 1853.
The circulatory system: diagram showing the heart, arteries, lungs and major organs, with a cartoon-style face and hands. Watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, ca. 1853.
Wellcome Collection

The circulatory system: diagram showing the heart, arteries, lungs and major organs, with a cartoon-style face and hands. Watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, ca. 1853.

J. C. Whishaw · 1853

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: In this diagram the systematic [?] arterial circulation ... In health it carries half-oxygenated blood. Image labelled with lettering, indicating the arteries.

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