Frontispiece for 'Osteographia' (1733). 'Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the bones' (London, 1733) was written by English surgeon and anatomist Willia

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Frontispiece for 'Osteographia' (1733). 'Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the bones' (London, 1733) was written by English surgeon and anatomist William Cheselden (1688-1752). It was the first full and accurate description of the anatomy of the human skeletal system.

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