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Amazing anatomist or not…

Thomas Willis was still the one who brought up the live frog folk remedy for the plague and said that while he’d had no success with it, others had, and it was something to try.

Scientific method, something this man was not aware of. I mean, ok, sure, it wasn’t even established yet. But still. Frogs?! No. Boils do not need frogs. Nor do buboes.

One of the many seminal illustrations of the cerebral anatomy works of Thomas Willis. This one is of the medulla oblongata, foramen, the corpus stratium, and the related anatomy. Click through to embiggen. Cerebri anatome: De Ratione motus musculorum. Thomas Willis, 1666.

One of the many seminal illustrations of the cerebral anatomy works of Thomas Willis. This one is of the medulla oblongata, foramen, the corpus stratium, and the related anatomy.

Click through to embiggen.

Cerebri anatome: De Ratione motus musculorum. Thomas Willis, 1666.

One of the many seminal illustrations of the cerebral anatomy works of Thomas Willis.  Click through to embiggen. Cerebri anatome: De Ratione motus musculorum. Thomas Willis, 1666.

One of the many seminal illustrations of the cerebral anatomy works of Thomas Willis. 

Click through to embiggen.

Cerebri anatome: De Ratione motus musculorum. Thomas Willis, 1666.

One of Thomas Willis’ many detailed illustrations of the brain. Click through to embiggen. Thomae Willis, Med. Doc., Opera Omnia. Studio et opera Gerardi Blastii, 1694.

One of Thomas Willis’ many detailed illustrations of the brain.

Click through to embiggen.

Thomae Willis, Med. Doc., Opera Omnia. Studio et opera Gerardi Blastii, 1694.

really now?

I had a big ol’ post written about Thomas Willis and his works, then Chrome crashed and I lost it ALL. Well, everything but the title and tags.

Le sigh.

Not re-writing it tonight, but I’ll post some of his illustrations.