Spine Anatomy Prints
The spine from the atlases: Johannes Sobotta's colour plates of 1919, the vertebral column in three views, the cervical vertebrae with the atlas and axis, the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the ligaments of the vertebral joints; Albinus's engraving of the muscles of the spine and back from 1747; Vesalius's woodcut of the spinal cord and its nerves from 1543; and Eustachi's figure of the spinal nerves seen from behind, published in 1714.
7 prints · printed to order on heavyweight matte paper · framed or unframed
Sobotta's vertebrae
Four of the seven plates are Sobotta chromolithographs from the first volume of the Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen, 1919. The vertebral column in three views is the plate most practices hang, the whole spine front, side and back on one sheet. The cervical vertebrae plate shows the atlas and axis in detail; the thoracic and lumbar plate the vertebrae lower down; the ligaments plate the joints between them. The colour is restrained, bone on a pale ground with the ligaments picked out, so these hang as drawings rather than diagrams.
The older plates
Three engravings and woodcuts give the spine its history. Albinus's plate of the muscles of the spine and back, from the Tabulae sceleti et musculorum of 1747, shows the deep muscles that hold the column upright. Vesalius's woodcut of the spinal cord and spinal nerves, from the Fabrica of 1543, shows the cord and its nerves as a whole on one sheet. Eustachi's figure of the spinal nerves from behind, engraved in the sixteenth century and published in 1714, traces each nerve from the spine out to the limbs inside his numbered border.
For the treatment room
Chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists and spinal surgeons hang these where a patient can see them from the table; the three-view column at 24×36 is the usual choice, with the cervical plate at 16×24 beside it. At home they go in the study or the home gym. Sobotta, Albinus and Vesalius plates print up to 24×36, the Eustachi engraving up to 16×24. Each is offered full-bleed or as a captioned specimen on cream, unframed or framed in black or dark wood with no mat. Three or more prints take 10% off.