Heart anatomy. 17th-century artwork showing the heart and the surrounding veins and arteries. This artwork is from 'Omnuim corporis humani nervorum' (
Heart anatomy. 17th-century artwork showing the heart and the surrounding veins and arteries. This artwork is from 'Omnuim corporis humani nervorum' (1685) by the French anatomist Raymond Viessens (). Vieussens is remembered for important advances he made in studies of the heart, including the first accurate description of the left ventricle.
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