Title
Descartes' representation of the antagonistic eye muscles, 1692. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Descartes' representation of the antagonistic eye muscles, 1692. When E is relaxed A is innervated. Rene Decartes (1596-1650) believed that an animal spirit travelling down hollow nerves C and B contracted the muscles and blew them up, and that they relaxed when the spirit was shut off by valves. From Opera Philosophica by Rene Descartes. (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1692). Originally published in his Tractatus de homine. (Paris, 1664).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1692
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images
Reference
HRM19B65_198
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
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50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 14,2in x 13,7in / 4248 x 4114 (300dpi)