Anatomy of the sense of touch in human skin. Le tact, ou representation de la peau humaine. Skin pores 1,2, lymph vessels 3, nerves 4-7, fatty glands 8, epidermis 9-10, hair follicles 12,13, dermis 19, fingerprint 20. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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