Art Resource - AR924454

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Descartes' representation of the antagonistic eye muscles, 1692.

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).

Unique Identifier AR924454

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4248px × 4114px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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