This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a

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This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Anatomist at work. 18th-century artwork showing a seated man studying an anatomy book, with an anatomical model at left. There is also a globe, skulls, and alchemical equipment including a distilling flask at lower right. This etching, by the Austrian artist Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) is after an original painting by German artist Christopher Paudiss (1630-1666), also known as Baudiz.

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