Nerves of the diaphragm and abdomen, shown in situ. Female torso divided in sagital section, to show phrenic nerve and the diaphragm, the spine with the sympathetic chain and ganglia, splanchnic nerve and celiac ganglion, and the lumbosacral plexus. Lung, aorta, inferior vena cava, kidney, renal artery and vein, bladder, uterus and Fallopian tube, vagina and rectum also shown. Lateral view.
Accompanied by key plate #0003.
Plate signed by the artist and engraver, G. Kirtland. Dated 1803.
Part of the book: Walter, Johann Gottlieb, 1734-1818. John Gottlieb Walter's plates of the thoracic and abdominal nerves, reduced from the original, as published by order of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin : accompanied by coloured explanations, and a description of the par vagum, great sympathetic and phrenic nerves. London: Printed for John Murray, 1804.